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

The Silence of the Lambs

as Ardelia Mapp

Candyman

as Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh

Hard Target

as Det. Marie Mitchell

Disconnect

as Roberta Washington

ER

as Gamma Knife Tech

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Diane Warren

The Cosby Show

as Miss McKegney

Vampire's Kiss

as Jackie

Murder, She Wrote

as Paula Raynor

Waist Deep

as Angry Black Woman