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Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 24, 1961 (64)
Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 als ... o 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Disconnect

Disconnect

2013

as Roberta Washington

Waist Deep

Waist Deep

2006

as Angry Black Woman

Til There Was You

Til There Was You

1997

as Angenelle

Gridlock'd

Gridlock'd

1997

as Madonna

Drop Squad

Drop Squad

1994

as June Vanderpool

Override

Override

1994

as Clerk

Fear of a Black Hat

Fear of a Black Hat

1994

as Nina Blackburn

Hard Target

Hard Target

1993

as Det. Marie Mitchell

Candyman

Candyman

1992

as Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh

Afterburn

Afterburn

1992

as Carol North

Before the Storm

Before the Storm

1991

as Alex Robbins

The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

as Ardelia Mapp

The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

1991

as Cookie

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990

as Melanie Bryant

Vampire's Kiss

Vampire's Kiss

1989

as Jackie

School Daze

School Daze

1988

as Perry

11th Victim

11th Victim

1984

as Hostage

Harriet

Harriet

2019

Screenplay

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

2013

Writer

Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou

1997

Writer

Dr. Hugo

Dr. Hugo

1996

Writer

Harriet

Harriet

2019

Director

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

2013

Director

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

2007

Director

The Caveman's Valentine

The Caveman's Valentine

2001

Director

Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou

1997

Director

Dr. Hugo

Dr. Hugo

1996

Director

Beauty

Beauty

2018

Executive Producer

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Television Credits

The Cosby Show

as Miss McKegney

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Paula Raynor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Diane Warren

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 21, 1993

The Equalizer

as Zandili

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

ER

as Gamma Knife Tech

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Another World

Episodes: 257

First Aired: May 04, 1964

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 13, 2018

A Man Called Hawk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1989

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2012

One Perfect Shot

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2022

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2015

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