Kasi Lemmons
Born: 1959-02-24 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen 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). She was described by film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon 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
2025
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2022
- Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody ... (Director)
- One Perfect Shot as Self
2021
- Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones ... (Writer)
2020
- Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker ... (Director)
2019
- Harriet ... (Director)
2018
- Beauty ... (Executive Producer)
- Half the Picture as Self
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' as Self
2017
- Shots Fired ... (Director)
2016
- Marvel's Luke Cage ... (Director)
2015
2013
- Black Nativity ... (Director)
- Disconnect as Roberta Washington
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
2007
- Talk to Me ... (Director)
2006
- Waist Deep as Angry Black Woman
2004
2003
- Sisters in Cinema as Self
2002
2001
- The Caveman's Valentine ... (Director)
1997
- Gridlock'd as Madonna
- 'Til There Was You as Angenelle
- Eve's Bayou ... (Writer)
1996
- Dr. Hugo ... (Director)
1995
- Zooman as Grace
1994
- ER as Gamma Knife Tech
- Fear of a Black Hat as Nina Blackburn
- Drop Squad as June Vanderpool
- Override as Clerk
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Diane Warren
- Hard Target as Det. Marie Mitchell
1991
- The Silence of the Lambs as Ardelia Mapp
- The Five Heartbeats as Cookie
- Before the Storm as Alex Robbins
1990
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Melanie Bryant
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Rachel
1989
- Vampire's Kiss as Jackie
- A Man Called Hawk
1988
- School Daze as Perry
1986
- The Gift of Amazing Grace as Subaya
1985
- The Equalizer as Zandili
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Paula Raynor
- The Cosby Show as Miss McKegney
- 11th Victim as Hostage