- Born
- Birth nameKaren Lemmons
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Kasi Lemmons was born on February 24, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Harriet (2019) and Candyman (1992). She has been married to Vondie Curtis-Hall since August 19, 1995. They have two children.
- SpouseVondie Curtis-Hall(August 19, 1995 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- Mother, with husband Vondie Curtis-Hall, of son Henry Hunter Hall (b. 1996), and daughter Zora Hall (b. 1999).
- Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.
- Her name is pronounced "Casey".
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She has also directed one film that is in the registry: Eve's Bayou (1997).
- It was uncovered in a 2021 episode of Finding Your Roots (2012) that Lemmons' third-great-grandfather was transported to the United States from Africa in the slave trade, and that she is also a distant relative of actor Kevin Bacon.
- I'd like not to take so much time. One hundred percent of the time between films I'm trying to make another film. I might have a script I'm writing. But the rhythm kind of works for me.
- [her film 'Black Nativity', inspired by her sister's passing] Within a month of her death, I started writing. Because it was 'Black Nativity' and had to do with a kid questioning faith, it was the right thing for to write at that moment. It saved me. I let it uplift me. That question of 'How do you keep having faith?' became very real to me.. I look at it and say, 'It's very me'. On the other hand, it's the first movie I've made that my kids can go and see.
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