Life and Career
Khadime was born in North West London, England. After making a name for herself on the London theatre scene as Nala in The Lion King, she played arguably her most high profile role as Elphaba in the London production of Wicked. Her debut night took place on 9 June 2008 when she began to fill in for Kerry Ellis who left to play the role on Broadway. Her final performance for that run was 29 November 2008. On 11 May 2009, she returned to replaced Ellis once again, leaving at the end of her contract on 27 March 2010 to be succeeded by Rachel Tucker. Khadime and her co-star Dianne Pilkington were honored as Women of The Future at the annual Woman of the Future Awards in 2009 and the musical, in partnership with Westfield London, set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest Halloween gathering as part of its annual 'Wicked Day' celebrations. The production also won awards including the Whatsonstage Award for Best West End Show (2009), and an Olivier Audience Award for Most Popular Show (2010) which was announced on 21 March 2010. Entertainment Weekly has also named it "The Best Musical of the Decade".
She then appeared in the plays Welcome to Thebes at the Royal National Theatre, and Ordinary Days at London's Trafalgar Studios.
She replaced Samantha Barks as Eponine in the London production of Les Misérables from 23 June 2011. She also appeared as a special guest on OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory. On the show Aoife Dardis (11) requested her dream - to see Les Misérables on stage in the West End and to meet her favourite actress/character, Alexia. Her run concluded on 16 June 2012 when she was replaced by Danielle Hope.
It was most recently announced that Khadime will originated the role of Nabulungi in the original West End transfer production of hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.
Alexia is currently part of the assault course style kids game show Splatalot! as a regular Defender and Defender Leader, Madeva, sister of former lead Defender, Knightress.
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