Actor
Kasi Lemmons
February 24, 1959 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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".
Notable work
8.3The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Ardelia Mapp
6.9Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
Director
6.7Candyman (1992)
as Bernadette Walsh
6.5Hard Target (1993)
as Det. Marie Mitchell
7.1Disconnect (2013)
as Roberta Washington
7.3Harriet (2019)
Director
7.8ER (1994)
as Gamma Knife Tech
7Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
as Diane Warren
7Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
Director
7The Cosby Show (1984)
as Miss McKegney
6Vampire's Kiss (1989)
as Jackie
7.5Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Paula Raynor
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