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Kai Soremekun

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  • Producer
  • Actress
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Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kai began her career as an actress in New York City. Her many credits include the films, "Heat", "Regarding Henry" and the Fox television series "Medicine Ball". Her supporting lead role of Peaches in the romantic comedy "Love, Sex and Eating the Bones" helped garner it one of the top ten Canadian films of 2003.

Since putting her actor's perspective behind the camera, Kai's spoken word music video, "The Style of My Soul", was featured in The Best of Doboy's at the Pan African Film Festival and was honored with a Special Acknowledgement Award for Best Film/Video at the Black International Cinema in Berlin, Germany. "The Style..." was also featured in the Iced in Black Film Festival touring cities across Canada.

Kai was honored with the Best Director Award at the Reel Black Awards for her first narrative short film entitled "Maple". Maple has been featured in festivals throughout North America, Europe and the Caribbean.

Kai's 2nd narrative short film "Lock Her Room" was chosen to participate in the Showtime Network's Black Filmmaker Showcase. As a result, Lock Her Room had its television premiere on the Showtime Network and has also appeared in several film festivals.
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    • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)
Heat
8.3
  • Prostitute
  • 1995
Lysistrata 2.0 (2019)
Lysistrata 2.0
Short
  • Director
  • 2019
Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
Regarding Henry
6.7
  • Loretta
  • 1991
CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero (2009)
CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • Lysistrata 2.0 (2019)
    Lysistrata 2.0
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Jessica Drake in Love, Jessica (2014)
    Love, Jessica
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The Right Hand (2011)
    The Right Hand
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero (2009)
    CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2010
  • The Timer Game
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2007–2008
  • Lily and Grant
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Lock Her Room (2003)
    Lock Her Room
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2003
  • The Style of My Soul
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Maple
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2001

Producer

  • Lysistrata 2.0 (2019)
    Lysistrata 2.0
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero (2009)
    CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2010
  • The Timer Game
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2007–2008
  • Lily and Grant
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • The Stop-Loss Effect
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Lock Her Room (2003)
    Lock Her Room
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2003
  • The Style of My Soul
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2002

Actress

  • CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero (2009)
    CHICK: Within me lives a Superhero
    • Fantastica
    • Lisa
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2010
  • Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)
    Monk
    • Mayor's Assistant
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (2003)
    Love, Sex and Eating the Bones
    • Peaches LeJeune
    • 2003
  • Heart of a Stranger (2002)
    Heart of a Stranger
    • TV Movie
    • 2002
  • Young Americans
    • Antsy
    • Short
    • 2000
  • Seven Days (1998)
    Seven Days
    • Linda
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • What We Did That Night (1999)
    What We Did That Night
    • Tera
    • TV Movie
    • 1999
  • Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)
    Heat
    • Prostitute
    • 1995
  • Donal Logue, Jensen Daggett, Darryl Fong, Terri Ivens, Sam McMurray, Timothy Omundson, Harold Pruett, Jeffrey D. Sams, Kai Soremekun, and Vincent Ventresca in Medicine Ball (1995)
    Medicine Ball
    • Dr. Nia James
    • Nia
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Back in Action (1994)
    Back in Action
    • Tara
    • 1994
  • Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
    • Denise
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Regarding Henry
    • Loretta
    • 1991

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