Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons (born Karen Lemmons; February 24, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by 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).
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Known for
The Equalizer
Zandili
Murder, She Wrote
Paula Raynor
ER
Gamma Knife Tech
The Cosby Show
Miss McKegney
Walker, Texas Ranger
Diane Warren
Finding Your Roots
Self
One Perfect Shot
Self
Hard Target
Det. Marie Mitchell
The Silence of the Lambs
Ardelia Mapp
Candyman
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
Another World
Disconnect
Roberta Washington
Vampire's Kiss
Jackie
Waist Deep
Angry Black Woman
A Man Called Hawk
Gridlock'd
Madonna
The Five Heartbeats
Cookie
School Daze
Perry
'Til There Was You
Angenelle
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Melanie Bryant
Afterburn
Carol North
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Rachel
11th Victim
Hostage
Drop Squad
June Vanderpool
Zooman
Grace
Fear of a Black Hat
Nina Blackburn
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Self
Override
Clerk
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Subaya
Half the Picture
Self
Sisters in Cinema
Self
Before the Storm
Alex Robbins
Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
Ardelia Mapp
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self