Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Kasey Lemmons
Gender: Female
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Paula RaynorFinding Your Roots
(2012) SelfER
(1994) Gamma Knife TechThe Equalizer
(1985) ZandiliWalker, Texas Ranger
(1993) Diane WarrenHard Target
(1993) Det. Marie MitchellCandyman
(1992) Bernadette 'Bernie' WalshDisconnect
(2012) Roberta WashingtonActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2022 | Self | |
2018 | Herself | |
Self | ||
2015 | Self | |
2012 | Roberta Washington | |
Self | ||
2006 | Angry Black Woman | |
2004 | N/A | |
2003 | Self | |
2002 | Self | |
1997 | Angenelle | |
Madonna | ||
1994 | June Vanderpool | |
Clerk | ||
Gamma Knife Tech | ||
Nina Blackburn | ||
1993 | Det. Marie Mitchell | |
Diane Warren | ||
1992 | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | |
Carol North | ||
1991 | Cookie | |
Ardelia Mapp | ||
1990 | Melanie Bryant | |
Rachel | ||
1989 | N/A | |
1988 | Jackie | |
Perry | ||
1985 | Zandili | |
1984 | Paula Raynor | |
N/A | ||
Hostage | ||
1964 | N/A | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2022 | Director | |
2020 | Director | |
2019 | Director | |
2017 | Director | |
2016 | Director | |
2013 | Director | |
2007 | Director | |
2001 | Director | |
1997 | Director | |
1996 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2021 | Writer | |
2019 | Screenplay | |
2013 | Writer | |
1997 | Writer | |
1996 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2020 | Executive Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |