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Kasi Lemmons
AKA: Kasey Lemmons
Acting
Born: 1959
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
13 Global Credits
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Biography
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".
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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.
Known For
Hollywood Black
Self
2024 · US
One Perfect Shot
Self
2022 · US
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Director, Executive Producer
2020 · US
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018 · GB
Shots Fired
Director
2017 · US
Marvel's Luke Cage
Director
2016 · US
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012 · US
ER
Gamma Knife Tech
1994 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Black | 2024 | Self |
| One Perfect Shot | 2022 | Self |
| Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker | 2020 | Director, Executive Producer |
| Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' | 2018 | Self |
| Shots Fired | 2017 | Director |
| Marvel's Luke Cage | 2016 | Director |
| Finding Your Roots | 2012 | Self |
| ER | 1994 | Gamma Knife Tech |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | 1993 | Diane Warren |
| The Equalizer | 1985 | Zandili |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1984 | Paula Raynor |
| The Cosby Show | 1984 | Miss McKegney |