Kasi Lemmons
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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2022 ·One Perfect Shotas Self
- 2018 ·Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'as Self
- 2018 ·Half the Pictureas Self
- 2015 ·Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self
- 2013 ·Disconnectas Roberta Washington
- 2012 ·Finding Your Rootsas Self
- 2006 ·Waist Deepas Angry Black Woman
- 2004 ·Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythosas Self
- 2003 ·Sisters in Cinemaas Self
- 2002 ·Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'as Self
- 1997 ·Til There Was Youas Angenelle
- 1997 ·Gridlock'das Madonna
- 1995 ·Zoomanas Grace
- 1994 ·Drop Squadas June Vanderpool
- 1994 ·Overrideas Clerk
- 1994 ·ERas Gamma Knife Tech
- 1994 ·Fear of a Black Hatas Nina Blackburn
- 1993 ·Hard Targetas Det. Marie Mitchell
- 1993 ·Walker, Texas Rangeras Diane Warren
- 1992 ·Candymanas Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
- 1992 ·Afterburnas Carol North
- 1991 ·Before the Stormas Alex Robbins
- 1991 ·The Five Heartbeatsas Cookie
- 1991 ·The Silence of the Lambsas Ardelia Mapp
- 1990 ·The Great Los Angeles Earthquakeas Melanie Bryant
- 1990 ·The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinsonas Rachel
- 1989 ·A Man Called Hawkas
- 1988 ·Vampire's Kissas Jackie
- 1988 ·School Dazeas Perry
- 1986 ·The Gift Of Amazing Graceas Subaya
- 1985 ·The Equalizeras Zandili
- 1984 ·Murder, She Wroteas Paula Raynor
- 1984 ·The Cosby Showas Miss McKegney
- 1984 ·11th Victimas Hostage
- 1964 ·Another Worldas