Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons (; born Karen Lemmons, February 24, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with ''Eve's Bayou'' (1997), followed by ''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). She was described by film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film". Provided by Wikipedia