Kasi Lemmons
Acting • Born 1959-02-24
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
37 credits
The Silence of the Lambs
Movie • 1991
Ardelia Mapp
Fear of a Black Hat
Movie • 1994
Nina Blackburn
Vampire's Kiss
Movie • 1989
Jackie
Candyman
Movie • 1992
Bernadette Walsh
Waist Deep
Movie • 2006
Angry Black Woman
Gridlock'd
Movie • 1997
Madonna
The Five Heartbeats
Movie • 1991
Cookie
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Movie • 1990
Melanie Bryant
Drop Squad
Movie • 1994
June Vanderpool
Disconnect
Movie • 2013
Roberta Washington
Afterburn
Movie • 1992
Carol North
Override
Movie • 1994
Clerk
11th Victim
Movie • 1984
Hostage
School Daze
Movie • 1988
Perry
Hard Target
Movie • 1993
Det. Marie Mitchell
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Movie • 1986
Subaya
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie • 1990
Rachel
Before the Storm
Movie • 1991
Alex Robbins
'Til There Was You
Movie • 1997
Angenelle
Sisters in Cinema
Movie • 2003
Self
Half the Picture
Movie • 2018
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 2002
Self
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Movie • 2004
Self
Zooman
Movie • 1995
Grace
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
The Projectionist
Movie • 2026
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Paula Raynor
A Man Called Hawk
TV • 1989
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Miss McKegney
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Diane Warren
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Zandili
Another World
TV • 1964
ER
TV • 1994
Gamma Knife Tech
One Perfect Shot
TV • 2022
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV • 2018
Self