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Kasi Lemmons

Acting

Born February 24, 1959 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also known as Kasey Lemmons

Biography

Kasi Lemmons 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). In 2007, film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon called her first three films "deeply resonant personal statements ... Lemmons's work is an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film."

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Filmography30 titles

The Silence of the Lambs

1991as Ardelia Mapp

ER

1994as Gamma Knife Tech

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Paula Raynor

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

2020Director, Executive Producer

Harriet

2019Director, Screenplay

The Five Heartbeats

1991as Cookie

Disconnect

2012as Roberta Washington

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

2022Director

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Diane Warren

The Cosby Show

1984as Miss McKegney

Luke Cage

2016Director

Talk to Me

2007Director

Candyman

1992as Bernadette Walsh

Half the Picture

2018as Self

Waist Deep

2006as Angry Black Woman

Gridlock'd

1997as Madonna

Finding Your Roots

2012as Self

Hard Target

1993as Det. Marie Mitchell

Eve's Bayou

1997Director, Writer

Zooman

1995as Grace

Fear of a Black Hat

1993as Nina Blackburn

Vampire's Kiss

1988as Jackie

The Caveman's Valentine

2001Director

School Daze

1988as Perry

Shots Fired

2017Director

Black Nativity

2013Director, Writer

One Perfect Shot

2022as Self

Drop Squad

1994as June Vanderpool

Hollywood Black

2024as Self

Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

2021Writer