credits of
Kasi Lemmons
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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February 19th, 2026 | The Projectionist | Ramona | TBD | |
November 21st, 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | TBD | |
January 23rd, 2018 | Half the Picture | Self | 6.6 | |
April 12th, 2013 | Disconnect | Roberta Washington | 7.1 | |
June 23rd, 2006 | Waist Deep | Angry Black Woman | 6.5 | |
August 17th, 2004 | Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos | Self | 7.3 | |
May 1st, 2003 | Sisters in Cinema | Self | 7 | |
October 28th, 2002 | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 6.5 | |
May 30th, 1997 | 'Til There Was You | Angenelle | 4 | |
January 29th, 1997 | Gridlock'd | Madonna | 6.7 | |
March 19th, 1995 | Zooman | Grace | 6.3 | |
October 28th, 1994 | Drop Squad | June Vanderpool | 3.5 | |
October 16th, 1994 | Override | Clerk | 8 | |
June 3rd, 1994 | Fear of a Black Hat | Nina Blackburn | 5.9 | |
April 27th, 1993 | Hard Target | Det. Marie Mitchell | 6.5 | |
October 16th, 1992 | Candyman | Bernadette Walsh | 6.7 | |
May 30th, 1992 | Afterburn | Carol North | 4.4 | |
July 13th, 1991 | Before the Storm | Alex Robbins | 9 | |
March 29th, 1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Cookie | 7.3 | |
February 14th, 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Ardelia Mapp | 8.3 | |
November 11th, 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Melanie Bryant | 6.7 | |
October 15th, 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Rachel | 7.3 | |
June 2nd, 1989 | Vampire's Kiss | Jackie | 5.9 | |
February 12th, 1988 | School Daze | Perry | 5.7 | |
November 19th, 1986 | The Gift of Amazing Grace | Subaya | TBD | |
April 14th, 1984 | 11th Victim | Hostage | 4 |