Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 24, 1959 (age 67)
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Kasey Lemmons
Kasi 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".
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Known For - Movies
Hard Target
as Det. Marie Mitchell
The Silence of the Lambs
as Ardelia Mapp
Candyman
as Bernadette Walsh
Fear of a Black Hat
as Nina Blackburn
Waist Deep
as Angry Black Woman
Disconnect
as Roberta Washington
Vampire's Kiss
as Jackie
Gridlock'd
as Madonna
School Daze
as Perry
The Five Heartbeats
as Cookie
Known For - TV Shows
ER
as Gamma Knife Tech
Murder, She Wrote
as Paula Raynor
The Equalizer
as Zandili
The Cosby Show
as Miss McKegney
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Diane Warren
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Another World
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
