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.
