Kasi Lemmons
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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.
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Ardelia Mapp
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Hard Target (1993)
as Det. Marie Mitchell
Candyman (1992)
as Bernadette Walsh
Disconnect (2013)
as Roberta Washington
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Madonna
Waist Deep (2006)
as Angry Black Woman
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
as Jackie
School Daze (1988)
as Perry
'Til There Was You (1997)
as Angenelle
The Projectionist (2026)
as Ramona
Drop Squad (1994)
as June Vanderpool
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
as Melanie Bryant
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
as Cookie
Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
as Nina Blackburn
11th Victim (1984)
as Hostage
Zooman (1995)
as Grace
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
Afterburn (1992)
as Carol North
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
as Rachel
Half the Picture (2018)
as Self
Override (1994)
as Clerk
Before the Storm (1991)
as Alex Robbins
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos (2004)
as Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002)
as Self
The Gift of Amazing Grace (1986)
as Subaya
Sisters in Cinema (2003)
as Self