Person Details

Birthday: 1961-02-24 06:24:18

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 on February 24, 1961) is an American film director and actress, most notable for her work on the films Eve's Bayou, The Caveman's Valentine and Talk to Me. Lemmons was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a poet/psychotherapist mother and a biology teacher father.  When Lemmons was eight years old, her parents divorced, and she and her mother and two sisters moved to Newton, Massachusetts. Her mother remarried when she was nine. Her passion for movies came at an early age, but becoming a director was her goal. "I wanted to do something more meaningful than going to auditions…" Lemmons is married to actor and director Vondie Curtis-Hall. They have a son, Henry Hunter (born 1996), and a daughter, Zora (1999). Lemmons states that her husband is immensely supportive and feels that he is more relaxed than she is. Compared to how he works, she prefers the pressure of working on a set with the actors. As a director and a mother, Lemmons says that it gives her perspective. Her life outside of the movie set and Hollywood has kept her grounded. Though she is a Black woman, Lemmons identifies herself as an artist first and foremost in her career. "…I don’t wake up every day saying I’m a Black woman because it’s too given, but I wake up every day feeling like an artist and I feel I’m an artist." 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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