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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Projectionist
Character:
Release Date:19/02/2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2025
Half the Picture
Character:Self
Release Date:23/01/2018
Disconnect
Character:Roberta Washington
Release Date:12/04/2013
Waist Deep
Character:Angry Black Woman
Release Date:23/06/2006
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2004
Sisters in Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2003
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/10/2002
'Til There Was You
Character:Angenelle
Release Date:30/05/1997
Gridlock'd
Character:Madonna
Release Date:29/01/1997
Zooman
Character:Grace
Release Date:19/03/1995
Drop Squad
Character:June Vanderpool
Release Date:28/10/1994
Override
Character:Clerk
Release Date:16/10/1994
Fear of a Black Hat
Character:Nina Blackburn
Release Date:03/06/1994
Hard Target
Character:Det. Marie Mitchell
Release Date:27/04/1993
Candyman
Character:Bernadette Walsh
Release Date:16/10/1992
Afterburn
Character:Carol North
Release Date:30/05/1992
Before the Storm
Character:Alex Robbins
Release Date:13/07/1991
The Five Heartbeats
Character:Cookie
Release Date:29/03/1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Character:Ardelia Mapp
Release Date:14/02/1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Character:Melanie Bryant
Release Date:11/11/1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Character:Rachel
Release Date:15/10/1990
Vampire's Kiss
Character:Jackie
Release Date:02/06/1989
School Daze
Character:Perry
Release Date:12/02/1988
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Character:Subaya
Release Date:19/11/1986
11th Victim
Character:Hostage
Release Date:14/04/1984
Television Appearances
One Perfect Shot
Character:Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Finding Your Roots
Character:Self
ER
Character:Gamma Knife Tech
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Diane Warren
A Man Called Hawk
Character:
The Equalizer
Character:Zandili
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Paula Raynor
The Cosby Show
Character:Miss McKegney
Another World
Character:
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