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Vanessa Bell Calloway‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1957-03-20

Popularity

star4.6

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1957-03-20

Popularity

star4.6

Biography

Vanessa Bell Calloway is an American actress and dancer. She is known for her film roles as Princess Imani Izzi in the 1988 comedy Coming to America, as well as for her roles in What's Love Got to Do with It, The Inkwell, Crimson Tide, and Daylight. She is a nine-time NAACP Image Award nominee. She began her acting career in the ABC daytime soap opera, All My Children in 1985. After moving to Los Angeles in 1986, she began appearing in episodes of prime time shows such as The Colbys, Falcon Crest, 227, China Beach, A Different World, and L.A. Law. She made her film debut on Number One with a Bullet (1987), before supporting role of Eddie Murphy's character's arranged wife in the 1988 comedy Coming to America. In 1990, she co-starred alongside Joe Morton in the ABC drama series, Equal Justice. During the 1990s, she had a number of supporting roles in films, including What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) opposite Angela Bassett, The Inkwell (1994), and Crimson Tide (1995) as Denzel Washington's character wife. She also voiced main role in the 1992 animated comedy, Bébé's Kids. She had a number of leading and supporting roles in made for television movies. In 1995, she co-starred opposite James Earl Jones and Joe Morton in the short-lived CBS prime time soap opera, Under One Roof, the first drama series that featured African-American lead characters. For her role on the series, Calloway was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She had leading roles on the short-lived NBC sitcom Rhythm & Blues (1992–93), and starred alongside Larry Hagman as his girlfriend in the CBS drama Orleans (1997). In the 2000s, she had recurring roles on Boston Public and The District. She co-starred in films including The Brothers, All About You, Dawg, Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Cheaper by the Dozen. She has guest starred on The Division, Strong Medicine, The Closer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dexter, Rizzoli & Isles, Castle, and Grey's Anatomy. From 2010 to 2011, she had the recurring role in the TNT medical drama, Hawthorne. In 2011, she began appearing in the Showtime comedy-drama, Shameless. In 2016, she was cast as lead character in the Bounce TV first prime time soap opera, Saints & Sinners. Also in 2016, she co-starred as president Obama's future mother-in-law, Marian Shields Robinson, and in the comedy-drama film Southside with You. In 2018, she appeared in the Christian drama film Unbroken: Path to Redemption and the crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete. In 2019, she played abolitionist Harriet Tubman's mother in the biographical drama film Harriet. She reprised her role as Imani Izzi in the 2021 sequel Coming 2 America.

Movie Credits

Daylight

Daylight‌
star6.1
calendar 1996

Good Hair

Good Hair‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Love Don't Co$t a Thing‌
star7.4
calendar 2003

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz‌
star6.3
calendar 2003

Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

Death Spa

Death Spa‌
star5.2
calendar 1988

Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day

Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day‌
star10.0
calendar 2021

Bebe's Kids

Bebe's Kids‌
star5.7
calendar 1992

A Holiday Chance

A Holiday Chance‌
star8.5
calendar 2021

What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

Polly

Polly‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

The Inkwell

The Inkwell‌
star5.4
calendar 1994

To Hell and Back

To Hell and Back‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

A Beautiful Soul

A Beautiful Soul‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

Stompin'

Stompin'‌
star3.0
calendar 2007

Starkeisha

Starkeisha‌
star4.5
calendar 2022

The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know‌
star7.0
calendar 2022

The Red Sneakers

The Red Sneakers‌
star3.8
calendar 2002

The Obama Effect

The Obama Effect‌
star2.5
calendar 2012

All About You

All About You‌
star8.7
calendar 2001

Black Girl, Erupted

Black Girl, Erupted‌
star2.0
calendar 2023

Archibald the Rainbow Painter

Archibald the Rainbow Painter‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Love Song

Love Song‌
star7.8
calendar 2000

Holla 2

Holla 2‌
star4.8
calendar 2013

Under the Boardwalk

Under the Boardwalk‌
star7.3
calendar 2023

Polly: Comin' Home!

Polly: Comin' Home!‌
star8.5
calendar 1990

Between Sisters

Between Sisters‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

The Last Fall

The Last Fall‌
star5.8
calendar 2012

Memphis

Memphis‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Southside with You

Southside with You‌
star5.7
calendar 2016

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

The Cherokee Kid

The Cherokee Kid‌
star5.0
calendar 1996

The Bounce Back

The Bounce Back‌
star6.4
calendar 2016

The Return of Desperado

The Return of Desperado‌
star6.5
calendar 1988

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story‌
star7.0
calendar 2016

America's Dream

America's Dream‌
star7.0
calendar 1996

Dreux & Alyssa

Dreux & Alyssa‌
star0.0
calendar 2025

Number One with a Bullet

Number One with a Bullet‌
star4.2
calendar 1987

The Preacher's Son

The Preacher's Son‌
star6.9
calendar 2017

A Private Affair

A Private Affair‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Love, Once and Always

Love, Once and Always‌
star6.5
calendar 2018

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Unbroken: Path to Redemption‌
star6.6
calendar 2018

Coming to America

Coming to America‌
star6.9
calendar 1988

Mosquito

Mosquito‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Thriller

Thriller‌
star4.2
calendar 2018

Why Colors?

Why Colors?‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Throwback Holiday

Throwback Holiday‌
star4.7
calendar 2018

Her Only Choice

Her Only Choice‌
star5.3
calendar 2018

Dragged Across Concrete

Dragged Across Concrete‌
star6.6
calendar 2019

The Brothers

The Brothers‌
star6.6
calendar 2001

Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America‌
star6.4
calendar 2021

Harriet

Harriet‌
star7.3
calendar 2019

Stompin' at the Savoy

Stompin' at the Savoy‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen‌
star6.3
calendar 2003

Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide‌
star7.2
calendar 1995

Baby

Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Message From a Mistress

Message From a Mistress‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

The Divorce

The Divorce‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

American Skin

American Skin‌
star7.2
calendar 2019

The Undershepherd

The Undershepherd‌
star2.0
calendar 2012

Tv Credits

Malcolm & Eddie

Malcolm & Eddie‌
star7.7
calendar 1996

L.A. Law

L.A. Law‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

A Different World

A Different World‌
star7.0
calendar 1987

Boston Public

Boston Public‌
star7.7
calendar 2000

The District

The District‌
star6.9
calendar 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‌
star7.6
calendar 2000

One on One

One on One‌
star8.1
calendar 2001

Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia‌
star7.3
calendar 2003

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami‌
star7.7
calendar 2002

The Division

The Division‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

China Beach

China Beach‌
star7.2
calendar 1988

The Sinbad Show

The Sinbad Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

227

227‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Cold Case

Cold Case‌
star7.8
calendar 2003

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

Where I Live

Where I Live‌
star10.0
calendar 1993

Moesha

Moesha‌
star6.8
calendar 1996

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

The Parkers

The Parkers‌
star8.2
calendar 1999

Prey

Prey‌
star6.8
calendar 1998

The Colbys

The Colbys‌
star5.8
calendar 1985

Go On

Go On‌
star6.4
calendar 2012

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage‌
star4.8
calendar 1991

Under One Roof

Under One Roof‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Orleans

Orleans‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

10-8: Officers on Duty

10-8: Officers on Duty‌
star9.5
calendar 2003

Rhythm & Blues

Rhythm & Blues‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

Black in the 80s

Black in the 80s‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Let's Stay Together

Let's Stay Together‌
star8.7
calendar 2011

Castle

Castle‌
star8.0
calendar 2009

Rizzoli & Isles

Rizzoli & Isles‌
star7.9
calendar 2010

NCIS

NCIS‌
star7.6
calendar 2003

Kenan

Kenan‌
star6.9
calendar 2021

Saints & Sinners

Saints & Sinners‌
star7.6
calendar 2016

A Different World

A Different World‌
star7.0
calendar 1987

Sherri

Sherri‌
star4.2
calendar 2022

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child‌
star6.6
calendar 1995

This Is Us

This Is Us‌
star8.2
calendar 2016

The Black Hamptons

The Black Hamptons‌
star6.6
calendar 2022

This Is Us

This Is Us‌
star8.2
calendar 2016

The Temptations

The Temptations‌
star8.0
calendar 1998

A Black Lady Sketch Show

A Black Lady Sketch Show‌
star7.5
calendar 2019

The Vince Staples Show

The Vince Staples Show‌
star6.4
calendar 2024

The Conners

The Conners‌
star7.0
calendar 2018

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy‌
star8.2
calendar 2005

Unbelievable

Unbelievable‌
star8.0
calendar 2019

Dream On

Dream On‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Dexter

Dexter‌
star8.2
calendar 2006

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine‌
star7.1
calendar 2000

Shameless

Shameless‌
star8.2
calendar 2011

Black Monday

Black Monday‌
star7.1
calendar 2019

The Closer

The Closer‌
star7.9
calendar 2005

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest‌
star5.6
calendar 1981

Wicked City

Wicked City‌
star7.6
calendar 2022