Kasi Lemmons
Birthday: 1961-02-24
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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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Credits
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2013-04-12 | Disconnect | Roberta Washington |
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2006-06-23 | Waist Deep | Angry Black Woman |
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1997-05-30 | Til There Was You | Angenelle |
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1997-01-29 | Gridlock'd | Madonna |
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1995-03-19 | Zooman | Grace |
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1994-10-28 | Drop Squad | June Vanderpool |
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1994-10-16 | Override | Clerk |
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1994-06-03 | Fear of a Black Hat | Nina Blackburn |
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1993-04-27 | Hard Target | Det. Marie Mitchell |
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1992-10-16 | Candyman | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh |
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1992-05-30 | Afterburn | Carol North |
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1991-07-13 | Before the Storm | Alex Robbins |
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1991-03-29 | The Five Heartbeats | Cookie |
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1991-02-14 | The Silence of the Lambs | Ardelia Mapp |
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1990-11-11 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Melanie Bryant |
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1990-10-15 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Rachel |
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1988-09-17 | Vampire's Kiss | Jackie |
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1988-02-12 | School Daze | Perry |
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1986-11-19 | The Gift Of Amazing Grace | Subaya |
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1984-04-14 | 11th Victim | Hostage |