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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Filmography
The Projectionist
2026
as Ramona
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
Half the Picture
2018
as Self
Disconnect
2013
as Roberta Washington
Waist Deep
2006
as Angry Black Woman
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004
as Self
- No poster
Sisters in Cinema
2003
as Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self
'Til There Was You
1997
as Angenelle
Gridlock'd
1997
as Madonna
Zooman
1995
as Grace
Drop Squad
1994
as June Vanderpool
Override
1994
as Clerk
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
as Nina Blackburn
Hard Target
1993
as Det. Marie Mitchell
Candyman
1992
as Bernadette Walsh
Afterburn
1992
as Carol North
Before the Storm
1991
as Alex Robbins
The Five Heartbeats
1991
as Cookie
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Ardelia Mapp
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Melanie Bryant
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Rachel
Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Jackie
School Daze
1988
as Perry