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Kasi Lemmons

b. 1959 · 19 titles in the catalogue

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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Their work

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  1. The Silence of the Lambs1991as Ardelia Mapp
  2. Marvel's Luke Cage2016Director
  3. Candyman1992as Bernadette Walsh
  4. Hard Target1993as Det. Marie Mitchell
  5. Disconnect2013as Roberta Washington
  6. Harriet2019Director · Screenplay
  7. ER1994as Gamma Knife Tech
  8. Walker, Texas Ranger1993as Diane Warren
  9. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody2022Director
  10. The Cosby Show1984as Miss McKegney
  11. Vampire's Kiss1989as Jackie
  12. Murder, She Wrote1984as Paula Raynor
  13. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker2020Director · Executive Producer
  14. Waist Deep2006as Angry Black Woman
  15. Gridlock'd1997as Madonna
  16. Eve's Bayou1997Director · Writer
  17. The Caveman's Valentine2001Director
  18. Talk to Me2007Director
  19. School Daze1988as Perry