Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 24, 1959
Place of Birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Kasi Lemmons
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Half the Picture | Self |
| 2013 | Disconnect | Roberta Washington |
| 2006 | Waist Deep | Angry Black Woman |
| 2004 | Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos | Self |
| 2003 | Sisters in Cinema | Self |
| 2002 | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd | Madonna |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You | Angenelle |
| 1995 | Zooman | Grace |
| 1994 | Fear of a Black Hat | Nina Blackburn |
| 1994 | Drop Squad | June Vanderpool |
| 1994 | Override | Clerk |
| 1993 | Hard Target | Det. Marie Mitchell |
| 1992 | Candyman | Bernadette Walsh |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Carol North |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Ardelia Mapp |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Cookie |
| 1991 | Before the Storm | Alex Robbins |
| 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Melanie Bryant |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Rachel |
| 1989 | Vampire's Kiss | Jackie |
| 1988 | School Daze | Perry |
| 1986 | The Gift of Amazing Grace | Subaya |
| 1984 | 11th Victim | Hostage |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | One Perfect Shot | Self |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' | Self |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 1994 | ER | Gamma Knife Tech |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Diane Warren |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Zandili |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Paula Raynor |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Miss McKegney |
| 1964 | Another World |