Acting · geboren 1959-02-24 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Bekannt aus

• Das Schweigen der Lämmer (1991) – Ardelia Mapp
• Marvel's Luke Cage (2016) – Director
• Candyman's Fluch (1992) – Bernadette Walsh
• Harte Ziele (1993) – Det. Marie Mitchell
• Disconnect (2013) – Roberta Washington
• Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme (1994) – Gamma Knife Tech
• Harriet - Der Weg in die Freiheit (2019) – Director
• Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) – Diane Warren
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) – Director
• Die Bill Cosby Show (1984) – Miss McKegney
• Vampire's Kiss (1989) – Jackie
• Mord ist ihr Hobby (1984) – Paula Raynor
• Self Made: Das Leben von Madam C.J. Walker (2020) – Director
• Waist Deep - Bis zum Hals (2006) – Angry Black Woman
• Gridlock'd - Voll Drauf! (1997) – Madonna
• Eve's Bayou - Im Bann der Lügen (1997) – Writer
• Cavemans Valentine - Tod eines Engels (2001) – Director
• Talk to Me (2007) – Director
• School Daze (1988) – Perry
• The Five Heartbeats (1991) – Cookie
• Der Equalizer (1985) – Zandili
• Black Nativity (2013) – Director
• Schieß auf die Weißen (1994) – Nina Blackburn
• Shots Fired (2017) – Director
• Zwei Singles in L.A. (1997) – Angenelle
• Finding Your Roots (2012) – Self
• Das große Erdbeben in L.A. (1990) – Melanie Bryant
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) – Self
• Half the Picture (2018) – Self
• Another World (1964)
• Mission D.R.O.P. (1994) – June Vanderpool
• Afterburn (1992) – Carol North
• Hawk (1989)
• One Perfect Shot (2022) – Self
• The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) – Rachel
• Das elfte Opfer (1984) – Hostage
• Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos (2004) – Self
• Zooman - Gewalt der Straße (1995) – Grace
• Hollywood Black (2024) – Self
• Dr. Hugo (1996) – Writer