
Kasi Lemmons
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1959-02-24
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Known for

The Silence of the Lambs
1991Ardelia Mapp
Fear of a Black Hat
1994Nina Blackburn
Vampire's Kiss
1989Jackie
Candyman
1992Bernadette Walsh
Waist Deep
2006Angry Black Woman
Gridlock'd
1997Madonna
The Five Heartbeats
1991Cookie
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990Melanie Bryant
Drop Squad
1994June Vanderpool
Disconnect
2013Roberta Washington
Afterburn
1992Carol North
Override
1994Clerk
11th Victim
1984Hostage
School Daze
1988Perry
Hard Target
1993Det. Marie Mitchell
The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986Subaya
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990Rachel
Before the Storm
1991Alex Robbins