Kasi Lemmons

Biography

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 Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
Fear of a Black Hat
Fear of a Black Hat
Vampire's Kiss
Vampire's Kiss
Candyman
Candyman
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd
Drop Squad
Drop Squad

Filmography

2022 One Perfect Shot
as Self
2018 Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
2018 Half the Picture
as Self
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2013 Disconnect
as Roberta Washington
2012 Finding Your Roots
as Self
2007 Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
as Ardelia Mapp
2006 Waist Deep
as Angry Black Woman
2004 Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
as Self
2003 Sisters in Cinema
as Self
2002 Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
1997 'Til There Was You
as Angenelle
1997 Gridlock'd
as Madonna
1995 Zooman
as Grace
1994 Drop Squad
as June Vanderpool
1994 Override
as Clerk
1994 ER
as Gamma Knife Tech
1994 Fear of a Black Hat
as Nina Blackburn
1993 Hard Target
as Det. Marie Mitchell
1993 Walker, Texas Ranger
as Diane Warren