Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
February 24, 1959 (66 years old)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Kasey Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons
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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Known For
Acting
Half the Picture
2018
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Disconnect
2013
Finding Your Roots
2012
Waist Deep
2006
'Til There Was You
1997
Gridlock'd
1997
ER
1994
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
Hard Target
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Candyman
1992
The Five Heartbeats
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
Vampire's Kiss
1989
School Daze
1988
The Equalizer
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Cosby Show
1984
Another World
1964
Crew
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Director
2022
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Director, Executive Producer
2020
Harriet
Director, Screenplay
2019
Shots Fired
Director
2017
Marvel's Luke Cage
Director
2016
Black Nativity
Director, Writer
2013
Talk to Me
Director
2007
The Caveman's Valentine
Director
2001
Eve's Bayou
Writer, Director
1997