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Kasi Lemmons
Biography
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.
Known For
Hard Target
as Det. Marie Mitchell
The Silence of the Lambs
as Ardelia Mapp
Candyman
as Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
Disconnect
as Roberta Washington
Vampire's Kiss
as Jackie
Waist Deep
as Angry Black Woman
School Daze
as Perry
The Five Heartbeats
as Cookie
Gridlock'd
as Madonna
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Melanie Bryant
