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Kasi Lemmons

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 24, 1961 (64 years)
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).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Disconnect
  • Eve's Bayou
  • The Caveman's Valentine
  • Zooman

Known For

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Candyman
  • Eve's Bayou
  • Harriet
  • Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker
  • Talk to Me
  • The Caveman's Valentine
  • Marvel's Luke Cage
  • Vampire's Kiss
  • Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
  • Black Nativity
  • Fear of a Black Hat
  • Women of the Movement
  • Shots Fired
  • Drop Squad
  • Zooman

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2012
    Disconnect · as Roberta Washington
    2006
    Waist Deep · as Angry Black Woman
    2001
    Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation · as Bernadette Walsh (candyman)
    1997
    'Til There Was You · as Angenelle
    1997
    Gridlock'd · as Madonna
    1995
    Zooman · as Grace
    1994
    Drop Squad · as June Vanderpool
    1994
    ER (TV Series) · as Gamma Knife Tech
    1993
    Fear of a Black Hat · as Nina Blackburn
    1993
    Hard Target · as Det. Marie Mitchell
    1993
    Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Diane Warren
    1992
    Candyman · as Bernadette 'bernie' Walsh
    1992
    Afterburn · as Carol North
    1991
    Before the Storm · as Alex Robbins
    1991
    The Five Heartbeats · as Cookie
    1991
    The Silence of the Lambs · as Ardelia Mapp
    1990
    1990
    1989
    A Man Called Hawk (TV Series)
    1988
    Vampire's Kiss · as Jackie
    1988
    School Daze · as Perry
    1985
    Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Lydia Wilson
    1985
    The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Zandili
    1984
    Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Paula Raynor
    1984
    The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Miss Mckegney
    1979
    11th Victim · as Hostage
    1972
    The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Subaya
    1964
    Another World (TV Series)
    1956
    As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Nella Franklin

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