Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kasi Lemmons
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 34Series: 14Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 51864
IMDb ID: nm0501435
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2026
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q459933
Also known as
Kasey Lemmons
Other jobs
Director (7)Writer (3)Executive Producer (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kasi Lemmons.
In 3 days
The Projectionist
2026 Movie
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Director
2022 Movie
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Writer
2021 Movie
7.3
Harriet
Director
2019 Movie
6.6
Half the Picture
as Self
2018 Movie
5.1
Black Nativity
Director
2013 Movie
7.1
Disconnect
as Roberta Washington
2013 Movie
6.8
Talk to Me
Director
2007 Movie
6.5
Waist Deep
as Angry Black Woman
2006 Movie
8.0
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
as Self
2004 Movie
6.5
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
2002 Movie
5.8
The Caveman's Valentine
Director
2001 Movie
6.4
Eve's Bayou
Writer
1997 Movie
3.9
'Til There Was You
as Angenelle
1997 Movie
6.7
Gridlock'd
as Madonna
1997 Movie
3.0
Dr. Hugo
Writer
1996 Movie
6.0
Zooman
as Grace
1995 Movie
2.8
Drop Squad
as June Vanderpool
1994 Movie
Override
as Clerk
1994 Movie
5.9
Fear of a Black Hat
as Nina Blackburn
1994 Movie
6.5
Hard Target
as Det. Marie Mitchell
1993 Movie
6.7
Candyman
as Bernadette Walsh
1992 Movie
3.6
Afterburn
as Carol North
1992 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kasi Lemmons.
4.7
One Perfect Shot
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2020 Series
6.3
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
5.8
Shots Fired
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.8
ER
as Gamma Knife Tech • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.9
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Diane Warren • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.6
A Man Called Hawk
1 eps
1989 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Zandili • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Paula Raynor • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Miss McKegney • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.2
Another World
257 eps
1964 Series