Cast
Kasi Lemmons
Acting
Cast
Kasi Lemmons
Known for
Acting
Born
1959-02-24
From
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also known as Kasey Lemmons
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.
Hard Target
as Det. Marie Mitchell
The Silence of the Lambs
as Ardelia Mapp
Candyman
as Bernadette Walsh
Disconnect
as Roberta Washington
Vampire's Kiss
as Jackie
Waist Deep
as Angry Black Woman
School Daze
as Perry
Gridlock'd
as Madonna
The Five Heartbeats
as Cookie
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Melanie Bryant
'Til There Was You
as Angenelle
Drop Squad
as June Vanderpool
Zooman
as Grace
Half the Picture
as Self
Fear of a Black Hat
as Nina Blackburn
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Rachel
The Projectionist
as Ramona
Afterburn
as Carol North
Override
as Clerk
The Gift of Amazing Grace
as Subaya
11th Victim
as Hostage
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
Before the Storm
as Alex Robbins
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
as Self
Sisters in Cinema
as Self