Cast & creator
Kasi Lemmons
Best known for ER, Murder, She Wrote, The Cosby Show
Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen Diane Lemmons, February 24, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by The Caveman's Valentine (2001), 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). Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon described her as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Kasey Lemmons
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1964–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (57)
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ER
Gamma Knife Tech
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Paula Raynor
1984
The Cosby Show
Miss McKegney
1984
The Equalizer
Zandili
1985
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Walker, Texas Ranger
Diane Warren
1993
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Marvel's Luke Cage
Director
2016
Another World
1964
Hard Target
Det. Marie Mitchell
1993
Shots Fired
Director
2017
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
The Silence of the Lambs
Ardelia Mapp
1991
Candyman
Bernadette Walsh
1992
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Executive Producer
2020Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Director
2020
Disconnect
Roberta Washington
2013
Vampire's Kiss
Jackie
1989
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Director
2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Executive Producer
2022
Harriet
Director
2019Harriet
Screenplay
2019
A Man Called Hawk
1989
The Caveman's Valentine
Director
2001
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
Waist Deep
Angry Black Woman
2006
Eve's Bayou
Writer
1997Eve's Bayou
Director
1997
School Daze
Perry
1988
The Projectionist
Ramona
2026
'Til There Was You
Angenelle
1997
One Perfect Shot
Self
2022
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Melanie Bryant
1990
The Five Heartbeats
Cookie
1991
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self (archive footage)
2025
Gridlock'd
Madonna
1997
Zooman
Grace
1995
Fear of a Black Hat
Nina Blackburn
1994
Afterburn
Carol North
1992
Black Nativity
Director
2013Black Nativity
Writer
2013
Talk to Me
Director
2007
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Rachel
1990Beauty
Executive Producer
2018
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2002
Half the Picture
Self
2018
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Writer
2021
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Subaya
1986
Drop Squad
June Vanderpool
1994
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Self
2004
Dr. Hugo
Writer
1996Dr. Hugo
Director
1996
11th Victim
Hostage
1984
Before the Storm
Alex Robbins
1991
I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
Thanks
Override
Clerk
1994Sisters in Cinema
Self
2003