---
name: "Kasi Lemmons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kasi-lemmons"
fi1m_id: "kasi-lemmons"
imdb_id: "nm0501435"
tmdb_id: 51864
wikidata_id: "Q459933"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "24 February 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-23T04:09:03.201912+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kasi Lemmons

## Identity

Kasi Lemmons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kasi-lemmons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kasi-lemmons
- **IMDb ID:** nm0501435
- **TMDB ID:** 51864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q459933
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasi_Lemmons, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51864

Actor and director. Born 24 February 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 24 February 1959, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 1991–2013
- **Also known as:** Kasey Lemmons
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasi_Lemmons, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51864

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Silence of the Lambs*](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md) (91)
- **Peacock:** [*Candyman*](https://film.one/film/candyman.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kasi Lemmons, also credited as Kasey Lemmons, is an American actress and film director. She played Ardelia Mapp in *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991) and Bernadette Walsh in *Candyman* (1992). Her screen acting credits include *School Daze* (1988), *Vampire's Kiss* (1989), *Hard Target* (1993) and television appearances in *The Cosby Show* (1984) and *ER* (1994).

Lemmons made her directorial debut with *Eve's Bayou* (1997). She has since directed *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001), *Talk to Me* (2007), *Black Nativity* (2013), *Harriet* (2019) and *Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody* (2022). She was born Karen Diane Lemmons on 24 February 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Candyman* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Bernadette Walsh — [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Fi1m 91, as Ardelia Mapp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Projectionist* (2026), as Ramona
- *Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody* (2022), Director, Executive Producer
- *Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones* (2021), Writer
- *Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker* (2020), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Harriet* (2019), Director, Screenplay
- *Beauty* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Shots Fired* (2017), series, Director
- *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), series, Director
- *Black Nativity* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Disconnect* (2013), as Roberta Washington
- *Talk to Me* (2007), Director
- *Waist Deep* (2006), as Angry Black Woman
- *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001), Director
- *Eve's Bayou* (1997), Writer, Director
- *'Til There Was You* (1997), as Angenelle
- *Gridlock'd* (1997), as Madonna
- *Dr. Hugo* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Zooman* (1995), as Grace
- *Drop Squad* (1994), as June Vanderpool
- *Override* (1994), as Clerk
- *ER* (1994), series, as Gamma Knife Tech — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Fear of a Black Hat* (1994), as Nina Blackburn
- *Hard Target* (1993), as Det. Marie Mitchell
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Diane Warren
- *Candyman* (1992), as Bernadette Walsh — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *Afterburn* (1992), as Carol North
- *Before the Storm* (1991), as Alex Robbins
- *The Five Heartbeats* (1991), as Cookie
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), as Ardelia Mapp — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *The Great Los Angeles Earthquake* (1990), as Melanie Bryant
- *The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson* (1990), as Rachel
- *Vampire's Kiss* (1989), as Jackie
- *A Man Called Hawk* (1989), series, Actor
- *School Daze* (1988), as Perry
- *The Gift of Amazing Grace* (1986), as Subaya
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Zandili
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Paula Raynor
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Miss McKegney
- *11th Victim* (1984), as Hostage
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor
- *I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home*, Thanks

## Gallery

- ![Kasi Lemmons](https://film.one/media/person/78333/gallery-ecd935f75c57.jpg) Kasi Lemmons — Image via TMDB
- ![Kasi Lemmons](https://film.one/media/person/78333/gallery-389a5b3a4be1.jpg) Kasi Lemmons — Image via TMDB
- ![Kasi Lemmons](https://film.one/media/person/78333/gallery-3ad391fbd7a5.jpg) Kasi Lemmons — Image via TMDB

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