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.

Фільмографія

• 2026The Projectionist — Ramona
• 2022Вітні. Я хочу танцювати з кимось — Director, Executive Producer
• 2021Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones — Writer
• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker — Director, Executive Producer
• 2019Гаррієт — Director, Screenplay
• 2018Beauty — Executive Producer
• Shots Fired — Director
• Люк Кейдж — Director
• 2013Black Nativity — Director, Writer
• 2013Роз’єднання — Roberta Washington
• 2007Talk to Me — Director
• 2006Waist Deep — Angry Black Woman
• 2001The Caveman's Valentine — Director
• 1997'Til There Was You — Angenelle
• 1997Eve's Bayou — Writer, Director
• 1997Gridlock'd — Madonna
• 1996Dr. Hugo — Writer, Director
• 1995Zooman — Grace
• 1994Drop Squad — June Vanderpool
• 1994Fear of a Black Hat — Nina Blackburn
• 1994Override — Clerk
• Швидка допомога — Gamma Knife Tech
• 1993Важка мішень — Det. Marie Mitchell
• Вокер – техаський рейнджер — Diane Warren
• 1992Afterburn — Carol North
• 1992Кендімен — Bernadette Walsh
• 1991Before the Storm — Alex Robbins
• 1991The Five Heartbeats — Cookie
• 1991Мовчання ягнят — Ardelia Mapp
• 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson — Rachel
• 1990The Great Los Angeles Earthquake — Melanie Bryant
• A Man Called Hawk
• 1989Поцілунок вампіра — Jackie
• 1988School Daze — Perry
• 1986The Gift of Amazing Grace — Subaya
• The Equalizer — Zandili
• 198411th Victim — Hostage
• The Cosby Show — Miss McKegney
• Вона написала вбивство — Paula Raynor
• Another World
• I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home — Thanks

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (10)

• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Black — Self
• One Perfect Shot — Self
• Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' — Self
• 2018Half the Picture — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2004Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos — Self
• 2003Sisters in Cinema — Self
• 2002Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' — Self