Kasi Lemmons
Actor
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".
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Filmography
The Silence of the Lambs
as Ardelia Mapp 1991
Candyman
as Bernadette Walsh 1992
Hard Target
as Det. Marie Mitchell 1993
Disconnect
as Roberta Washington 2013
Vampire's Kiss
as Jackie 1989
Waist Deep
as Angry Black Woman 2006
Gridlock'd
as Madonna 1997
School Daze
as Perry 1988
The Five Heartbeats
as Cookie 1991
Fear of a Black Hat
as Nina Blackburn 1994
'Til There Was You
as Angenelle 1997
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Melanie Bryant 1990
Half the Picture
as Self 2018
Drop Squad
as June Vanderpool 1994
Afterburn
as Carol North 1992
11th Victim
as Hostage 1984
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Rachel 1990