Birthday: February 24, 1961
Blonde-dreadlocked actress and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons was born in Missouri but raised in Massachusetts after her parents divorced. She performed in Boston Children's Theatre as a kid before studying at N.Y.U. and U.C.L.A. Starting at the tender age of 18, she acted professionally throughout the '80s in television and films, including a small role in Spike Lee's School Daze. With an ...more- 1997
- National Board of Review
- Best Debut Director
- Eve's Bayou
- win
- 1997
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best First Feature
- Eve's Bayou
- win
- 2006
- Waist Deep
- Angry Black Woman
- 2002
- ER: It's All in Your Head
- Chemo Tech
- 1997
- Gridlock'd
- Madonna and child
- 1997
- 'Til There Was You
- Angenelle
- 1994
- Fear of a Black Hat
- Nina Blackburn
- 2007
- Talk to Me
- Director
- 2001
- The Caveman's Valentine
- Director
- 1997
- Eve's Bayou
- Director
- 1997
- Eve's Bayou
- Screenwriter














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