About
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi...
Known for
ERSeries • 1994
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
The Cosby ShowSeries • 1984
The EqualizerSeries • 1985
Walker, Texas RangerSeries • 1993
Marvel's Luke CageSeries • 2016
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. WalkerSeries • 2020
Hard TargetMovie • 1993
Another WorldSeries • 1964
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with SomebodyMovie • 2022
CandymanMovie • 1992
The Silence of the LambsMovie • 1991
HarrietMovie • 2019
Shots FiredSeries • 2017
Vampire's KissMovie • 1989
DisconnectMovie • 2013
Eve's BayouMovie • 1997
School DazeMovie • 1988
Talk to MeMovie • 2007
The Caveman's ValentineMovie • 2001
The Five HeartbeatsMovie • 1991
Waist DeepMovie • 2006
Gridlock'dMovie • 1997
Fear of a Black HatMovie • 1994