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Kasi Lemmons

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Kasi Lemmons

Born February 24, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA21 films

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).

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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 Silence of the Lambs posterFirst watchThe Silence of the Lambs19918.3as Ardelia MappClarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath,…View film

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Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 2026The ProjectionistRamona
  2. 2013DisconnectRoberta Washington
  3. 2006Waist DeepAngry Black Woman
  4. 1997'Til There Was YouAngenelle
  5. 1997Gridlock'dMadonna
  6. 1995ZoomanGrace
  7. 1994Drop SquadJune Vanderpool
  8. 1994OverrideClerk
  9. 1994Fear of a Black HatNina Blackburn
  10. 1993Hard TargetDet. Marie Mitchell
  11. 1992CandymanBernadette Walsh
  12. 1992AfterburnCarol North
  13. 1991Before the StormAlex Robbins
  14. 1991The Five HeartbeatsCookie
  15. 1991The Silence of the LambsArdelia Mapp
  16. 1990The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeMelanie Bryant
  17. 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonRachel
  18. 1989Vampire's KissJackie
  19. 1988School DazePerry
  20. 1986The Gift of Amazing GraceSubaya
  21. 198411th VictimHostage