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Kasi Lemmons
Biography:
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:
Title | Release date |
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Half the Picture as Self | 2018-01-23 |
Disconnect as Roberta Washington | 2013-04-12 |
Waist Deep as Angry Black Woman | 2006-06-23 |
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos as Self | 2004-08-17 |
Sisters in Cinema as Self | 2003-05-01 |
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self | 2002-10-28 |
Til There Was You as Angenelle | 1997-05-30 |
Gridlock'd as Madonna | 1997-01-29 |
Zooman as Grace | 1995-03-19 |
Drop Squad as June Vanderpool | 1994-10-28 |
Override as Clerk | 1994-10-16 |
Fear of a Black Hat as Nina Blackburn | 1994-06-03 |
Hard Target as Det. Marie Mitchell | 1993-04-27 |
Candyman as Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | 1992-10-16 |
Afterburn as Carol North | 1992-05-30 |
Before the Storm as Alex Robbins | 1991-07-13 |
The Five Heartbeats as Cookie | 1991-03-29 |
The Silence of the Lambs as Ardelia Mapp | 1991-02-14 |
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Melanie Bryant | 1990-11-11 |
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Rachel | 1990-10-15 |
Vampire's Kiss as Jackie | 1988-09-17 |
School Daze as Perry | 1988-02-12 |
The Gift Of Amazing Grace as Subaya | 1986-11-19 |
11th Victim as Hostage | 1984-04-14 |