Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2018 -- Half the Picture | Self
2013 -- Disconnect | Roberta Washington
2006 -- Waist Deep | Angry Black Woman
2004 -- Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos | Self
2003 -- Sisters in Cinema | Self
2002 -- Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self
1997 -- 'Til There Was You | Angenelle
1997 -- Gridlock'd | Madonna
1995 -- Zooman | Grace
1994 -- Drop Squad | June Vanderpool
1994 -- Override | Clerk
1994 -- Fear of a Black Hat | Nina Blackburn
1993 -- Hard Target | Det. Marie Mitchell
1992 -- Candyman | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
1992 -- Afterburn | Carol North
1991 -- Before the Storm | Alex Robbins
1991 -- The Five Heartbeats | Cookie
1991 -- The Silence of the Lambs | Ardelia Mapp
1990 -- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Melanie Bryant
1990 -- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Rachel
1989 -- Vampire's Kiss | Jackie
1988 -- School Daze | Perry
1986 -- The Gift Of Amazing Grace | Subaya
1984 -- 11th Victim | Hostage
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