Kasi Lemmons

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1961-02-24 (63 years old)

Place of Birth St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As Kasey Lemmons

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2022
2018
2013
Disconnect

as Roberta Washington

2012
2006
Waist Deep

as Angry Black Woman

2003
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
Fear of a Black Hat

as Nina Blackburn

1994
ER

as Gamma Knife Tech

1993
Hard Target

as Det. Marie Mitchell

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Diane Warren

1992
Candyman

as Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh

1992
Afterburn

as Carol North

1991
Before the Storm

as Alex Robbins

1991
1991
The Silence of the Lambs

as Ardelia Mapp

1990
1988
Vampire's Kiss

as Jackie

1988
School Daze

as Perry

1985
The Equalizer

as Zandili

1984
11th Victim

as Hostage

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Paula Raynor

1984
The Cosby Show

as Miss McKegney

Director

2019
Harriet

as Director

2017
Shots Fired

as Director

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage

as Director

2013
Black Nativity

as Director

2007
Talk to Me

as Director

2001
1997
Eve's Bayou

as Director

1996
Dr. Hugo

as Director

Writer

2019
Harriet

as Screenplay

2013
Black Nativity

as Writer

1997
Eve's Bayou

as Writer

1996
Dr. Hugo

as Writer

Producer

2018
Beauty

as Executive Producer