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Aliases: Kasey Lemmons

Gender: Female

Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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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
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Paula Raynor
Finding Your Roots
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6

Finding Your Roots

(2012) Self
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Gamma Knife Tech
The Equalizer
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7

The Equalizer

(1985) Zandili
Walker, Texas Ranger
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7

Walker, Texas Ranger

(1993) Diane Warren
Hard Target
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6

Hard Target

(1993) Det. Marie Mitchell
Candyman
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7

Candyman

(1992) Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
Disconnect
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7

Disconnect

(2012) Roberta Washington

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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