Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

Born 1959-02-24 (age 67) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Biography

Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen Diane Lemmons, February 24, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by The Caveman's Valentine (2001), Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020) and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022).

She is also known as an actress, having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992). Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon described her as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film".

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Known For

Hard Target
Hard Target

1993

as Det. Marie Mitchell

The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs

1991

as Ardelia Mapp

Candyman
Candyman

1992

as Bernadette Walsh

Vampire's Kiss
Vampire's Kiss

1989

as Jackie

Waist Deep
Waist Deep

2006

as Angry Black Woman

Disconnect
Disconnect

2013

as Roberta Washington

Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd

1997

as Madonna

The Projectionist
The Projectionist

2026

as Ramona

The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeats

1991

as Cookie

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
School Daze
School Daze

1988

as Perry

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990

as Melanie Bryant

Zooman
Zooman

1995

as Grace

'Til There Was You
'Til There Was You

1997

as Angenelle

Afterburn
Afterburn

1992

as Carol North

Fear of a Black Hat
Fear of a Black Hat

1994

as Nina Blackburn

Drop Squad
Drop Squad

1994

as June Vanderpool

Half the Picture
Half the Picture

2018

as Self