Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons: Biography in Details

Who is Kasi Lemmons?

Kasi Lemmons is an American film director and actress.

She is mostly known for Eve’s Bayou, The Caveman’s Valentine, Talk to Me, The Silence of the Lambs and Candyman. She was described by film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon as “an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of the film”.

What are the birth facts of Kasi Lemmons?

Kasi Lemmons was born on February 24, 1961, in St. Louis, Missouri, in The USA. Her nationality is American and ethnicity is Caucasian.

Her mother is a poet and psychotherapist and her father is a teacher of biology. Kasi moved to Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston with her mother when her parents divorced.

She shifted with her two sisters when she was eight years old. Later her mother remarried when she was nine. She wanted to become a director from an early age.

Kasi performed at the Boston Children’s Theatre when she was in high school.

Education History

She went to the University of California at Los Angeles after finding that she was narrowly focused on the arts at New York University’s Tisch School.

Kasi majored in History at the University of California at Los Angeles. Later, she returned to New York, enrolling in the film program at the New School for Social Research.

Kasi Lemmons: Professional Life and Career

Various offers from movies led Kasi Lemmons to California, She made her acting debut from the movie 11th Victim in 1979 Kasi Lemmons is writer and director of the feature film Eve’s Bayou. She also wrote and directed short films Dr. Hugo, Fait from Grace.

She is also an actress in television and movies including Vampire’s Kiss, The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, The Five Heartbeats. Her movie The Silence of the Lambs won the academic award for the best picture.

Her other films are Hard Target, Afterburn, Fear of a Black Hat Til There Was You. In 2007, Kasi directed Talk to Me about an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist. Kasi received an Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture.

She also made her guest appearance on television including Murder, She Wrote, Walker: Texas Ranger, and The Equalizer. Kasi got her first role on television on a local soap opera You Got a Right. She also had regular roles on television which include Undercover, As the World Turns. Kasi won a total of 6 awards till now and still focusing on many awards to be won by her.

Kasi Lemmons: Salary and Net Worth

There is no information about her salary and she has an estimated net worth of $17 million as of 2022.

Is Kasi Lemmons involved in any rumors and controversies?

Focused on her work, Kasi didn’t give any chance to anyone to create any rumor about her. Also, she is very far from any controversies. Working for almost 38 years in the movie industry she kept her image clean.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Currently, there are no details regarding Kasi Lemmons’s body measurements. Also, her body weight and height are not known.

She has light hair and brown eyes.

Social Media Profile

Kasi is inactive on social sites. She does not hold an account in any of the social sites including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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