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Kasi Lemmons is an American film director and actress. She began her career with roles in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988), followed by the comedy Vampire's Kiss (1989), before being cast as Ardelia Mapp in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She subsequently co-starred with Virginia Madsen in the horror film Candyman (1992).
Birth Name
Karen Lemmons
Born
Friday, 24 February 1961
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| One Perfect Shot | Self | 2022 |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community | Self | 2020 |
| Ambo TV | Self | 2019 |
| They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Director and Actor | 2018 |
| Half the Picture | Herself / Self | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | 2014 |
| Killer Legends | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| One Perfect Shot | Self | 2022 |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community | Self | 2020 |
| Ambo TV | Self | 2019 |
| They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Director and Actor | 2018 |
| Half the Picture | Herself / Self | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | 2014 |
| Killer Legends | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Disconnect | Roberta Washington | 2012 |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self | 2012 |
| CBS Saturday Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Waist Deep | Angry Black Woman | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Sisters in Cinema | Self | 2003 |
| Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation | Bernadette Walsh (Candyman) | 2001 |
| 'Til There Was You | Angenelle | 1997 |
| Gridlock'd | Madonna | 1997 |
| Zooman | Grace | 1995 |
| Drop Squad | June Vanderpool | 1994 |
| ER | Gamma Knife Tech | 1994 |
| Fear of a Black Hat | Nina Blackburn | 1994 |
| Hard Target | Det. Marie Mitchell | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Diane Warren | 1993 |
| Candyman | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh / Bernadette Walsh | 1992 |
| Afterburn | Carol North | 1992 |
| The Five Heartbeats | Cookie | 1991 |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Ardelia Mapp | 1991 |
| Under Cover | Alex Robbins | 1991 |
| Before the Storm | Alex Robbins | 1991 |
| The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Melanie Bryant | 1990 |
| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Rachel | 1990 |
| A Man Called Hawk | Lois | 1989 |
| Vampire's Kiss | Jackie | 1988 |
| School Daze | Perry / Half-Pint's Female Friend | 1988 |
| Spenser: For Hire | Lydia Wilson | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Zandili | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Paula Raynor | 1984 |
| The Cosby Show | Miss McKegney | 1984 |
| 11th Victim | Hostage | 1979 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Subaya | 1972 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 |
| Women of the Movement | 2022 |
| Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker | 2020 |
| Harriet | 2019 |
| Shots Fired | 2017 |
| Luke Cage | 2016 |
| Black Nativity | 2013 |
| Talk to Me | 2007 |
| The Caveman's Valentine | 2001 |
| Eve's Bayou | 1997 |
| Dr. Hugo | 1997 |
