- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1959
- Place of Birth
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Kasi Lemmons
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemm…
Filmography
movieThe Projectionist
2026 · Ramona
movieLegacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Self - (archive footage)
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self
movieWhitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022 · Director
tvOne Perfect Shot
2022 · Self
movieBlanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
2021 · Writer
tvSelf Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020 · Director, Executive Producer
movieHarriet
2019 · Director, Screenplay
tvBlack Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018 · Self
Beauty
movieBeauty
2018 · Executive Producer
movieHalf the Picture
2018 · Self
tvShots Fired
2017 · Director
tvMarvel's Luke Cage
2016 · Director
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieBlack Nativity
2013 · Director, Writer
movieDisconnect
2013 · Roberta Washington
tvFinding Your Roots
2012 · Self
movieTalk to Me
2007 · Director
movieWaist Deep
2006 · Angry Black Woman
movieSweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004 · Self
Sisters in Cinema
movieSisters in Cinema
2003 · Self
moviePage to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002 · Self
movieThe Caveman's Valentine
2001 · Director
movieEve's Bayou
1997 · Writer, Director
movie'Til There Was You
1997 · Angenelle
movieGridlock'd
1997 · Madonna
movieDr. Hugo
1996 · Director, Writer
movieZooman
1995 · Grace
movieDrop Squad
1994 · June Vanderpool
movieOverride
1994 · Clerk
tvER
1994 · Gamma Knife Tech
movieFear of a Black Hat
1994 · Nina Blackburn
movieHard Target
1993 · Det. Marie Mitchell
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Diane Warren
movieCandyman
1992 · Bernadette Walsh
movieAfterburn
1992 · Carol North
movieBefore the Storm
1991 · Alex Robbins
movieThe Five Heartbeats
1991 · Cookie
movieThe Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Ardelia Mapp
movieThe Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990 · Melanie Bryant
movieThe Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Rachel
movieVampire's Kiss
1989 · Jackie
tvA Man Called Hawk
1989
movieSchool Daze
1988 · Perry
movieThe Gift of Amazing Grace
1986 · Subaya
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Zandili
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Paula Raynor
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Miss McKegney
movie11th Victim
1984 · Hostage
tvAnother World
1964
movieI Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
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