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. Kasi Lemmons(1959년생, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 캔디맨, 뱀파이어의 키스, The Projectionist가 있으며, 그 외에도 제시카의 추리극장, ER, 코스비 가족 만세, Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter, Walker, Texas Ranger, The Equalizer, Finding Your Roots, 하드 타겟, 양들의 침묵, Hollywood Black, 그리드락 디, 웨이스트 딥 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 The Projectionist에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 The Projectionist에서 Ramona 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies에 출연했다. 2024년 Hollywood Black에 출연했다.