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".
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The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the great...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) | Director / Writer | 6.6 | |
| 2 | Harriet (2019) | Director / Writer | 6.6 | |
| 3 | Black Nativity (2013) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Disconnect (2013) | Roberta Washington | 7.1 | |
| 5 | Talk to Me (2007) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 6 | Waist Deep (2006) | Angry Black Woman | 6 | |
| 7 | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002) | Self | - | - |
| 8 | The Caveman's Valentine (2001) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 9 | 'Til There Was You (1997) | Angenelle | - | - |
| 10 | Gridlock'd (1997) | Madonna | 6.5 | |
| 11 | Eve's Bayou (1997) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 12 | Hard Target (1993) | Det. Marie Mitchell | 5.5 | |
| 13 | Candyman (1992) | Bernadette Walsh | 7 | |
| 14 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | Ardelia Mapp | 8.4 | |
| 15 | The Five Heartbeats (1991) | Cookie | 10 | |
| 16 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) | Melanie Bryant | 5 | |
| 17 | Vampire's Kiss (1989) | Jackie | 6.2 | |
| 18 | School Daze (1988) | Perry | 10 | |
| 19 | 11th Victim (1984) | Hostage | - | - |
