Kasi Lemmons
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1959
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home TBA
Thanks
The Projectionist 2026
as Ramona
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2022
Director, Executive Producer
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones 2021
Writer
Harriet 2019
Director, Screenplay
- Beauty
Beauty 2018
Executive Producer
Half the Picture 2018
as Self
Black Nativity 2013
Director, Writer
Disconnect 2013
as Roberta Washington
Talk to Me 2007
Director
Waist Deep 2006
as Angry Black Woman
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos 2004
as Self
- Sisters in Cinema
Sisters in Cinema 2003
as Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2002
as Self
The Caveman's Valentine 2001
Director
Eve's Bayou 1997
Writer, Director
'Til There Was You 1997
as Angenelle
Gridlock'd 1997
as Madonna
Dr. Hugo 1996
Director, Writer
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
The Gift of Amazing Grace 1986
as Subaya
11th Victim 1984
as Hostage
Credits from TMDB.