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Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Actress

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.

Born: March 20, 1957 (Age 67) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Vanessa Bell Calloway  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.3
ActressImani Izzi1988
Movie
5.4
ActressImani Izzi2021
Movie
5.4
ActressVivian Johnson2003
Movie
5.3
Actress2012
Movie
7.5
ActressJulia Hunter1995
Movie
1.6
ActressMolly Thomas2012
Movie
6.1
ActressDiana Philips2003
Movie
6
ActressJamika (voice)1992
Movie
5.7
ActressGrace Calloway1996
Movie
5.7
ActressElena2017
Movie
6
ActressMarion2013
Movie
6.8
ActressSelf2009
Movie
7.5
ActressJackie1993
Movie
6.5
Actress2016
Movie
5.4
ActressDr. Bailey2018
Movie
7.9
ActressDiana1998
Movie
5.5
ActressEllen2016
Movie
6.5
ActressFrancis Phillips1994
Movie
6
ActressLila Burkholder2018
Movie
5.9
ActressMildred Anderson2018
Movie
4.9
ActressAnita2003
Movie
6.1
Actress2001
Movie
6.9
ActressRit Ross2019
Movie
7.2
ActressJosephine2016
Movie
4.8
ActressHeather2017
Movie
4.6
ActressWoman1987
Movie
6.5
ActressDr. Thelma Woolridge2001
Movie
6.8
ActressJennifer Johns2018
Movie
5.3
ActressMarci Hewitt1988
Movie
3.7
ActressMrs. Jackson2018
Movie
6
ActressAunt Dorrie2008
Movie
7.2
ActressBernice2019
Movie
6.3
ActressDeaconess Carter2012
Movie
7.5
ActressSheryl2021
Movie
7.6
ActressNancy1989
Movie
5.5
ActressDella Cowans2022
Movie
4.4
ActressMrs. Jackson2007
Movie
4.7
ActressGuardian Angel2012
Movie
6.1
ActressVal (voice)2023
Movie
7
ActressDr. Rebecca Francis2023
Movie
7.8
ActressIdella Landy2024
Movie
Actress
Movie
Actress2024
TV Show
6.1
Actress13 Episodes1992-1993
TV Show
8.8
ActressMaggie Langston
6 Episodes
1995-1995
TV Show
8
ActressRosalee Clark
8 Episodes
1997-1997
TV Show
7.5
ActressLady Ella Johnson
48 Episodes
2016-2023
Limited Series
8.2
ActressJohnnie Mae Matthews
2 Episodes
1998-1998
TV Show
6.9
Actress1 Episode2003-2005
TV Show
6
Actress1 Episode1993-1994
TV Show
7.6
Actress1 Episode1993
TV Show
6.4
Actress1 Episode1996-2000
TV Show
7.4
ActressMrs. Michelle Ronning
3 Episodes
2000-2006
TV Show
7.1
ActressGwen Hendrix
4 Episodes
2000-2004
TV Show
7.3
Actress1 Episode2001-2006
TV Show
7.2
ActressRobyn Edwards
1 Episode
1986-1994
TV Show
6.9
Actress1 Episode1985-1990
TV Show
6.9
Actress1 Episode1981-1989
TV Show
6.3
Actress1 Episode2001-2004
TV Show
8
Actress1 Episode1988-1991
TV Show
7
ActressMrs. Calender
1 Episode
1993-2001
TV Show
6.1
Actress1 Episode1996-2001
TV Show
7.1
Actress1 Episode1999-2023
TV Show
7.3
Actress1 Episode1998-1998
TV Show
7.6
Actress1 Episode1991-1991
TV Show
6.8
Actress3 Episodes2003-2004
TV Show
5.9
Actress1 Episode2011-2014
Limited Series
8.2
ActressSarah
1 Episode
2019-2019
TV Show
7.3
ActressJoyce
2 Episodes
2012-2013
TV Show
6.6
ActressPrincess Katusha (voice)
1 Episode
1995-2000
TV Show
7.3
ActressKiley's Mother
1 Episode
2019-2023
TV Show
7.9
ActressSally Hammond
1 Episode
2003
TV Show
7.8
ActressJudge Himmel
1 Episode
2000-2015
TV Show
8.2
ActressBeryl Wickfield
1 Episode
2009-2016
TV Show
8.3
ActressCarol Fisher
20 Episodes
2011-2021
TV Show
2.7
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1997
TV Show
6.7
ActressTonya Washington
1 Episode
2002-2012
TV Show
8.4
ActressCrisis Counselor
1 Episode
2006-2013
TV Show
8.5
ActressEdie (uncredited)
1 Episode
2016-2022
TV Show
8
ActressLynn Talmadge
1 Episode
2005-2012
TV Show
7.8
ActressAssistant District Attorney
3 Episodes
2010-2016
TV Show
7.8
ActressGeraldine Watkins (1970)
1 Episode
2003-2010
TV Show
6.1
ActressCarrie Langham
1 Episode
2018-2025
TV Show
7.1
ActressDanielle Vinson
1 Episode
1987-1993
TV Show
6.3
ActressDebra Willis
1 Episode
1994-2003
TV Show
5.9
Actress1 Episode1985-1987
TV Show
7.3
ActressRuth
2 Episodes
2019-2021
TV Show
7.4
Actress2 Episodes1990-1996
TV Show
8.5
ActressEdie
7 Episodes
2016-2022
TV Show
5.9
ActressBobbi
2 Episodes
2021-2022
TV Show
6.1
ActressSelf - Guest
1 Episode
2022
TV Show
7.1
ActressLily Connors
1 Episode
1987-1993
TV Show
7.2
Actress5 Episodes2024-2025
TV Show
7.8
ActressLucinda Gamble
2 Episodes
2005
TV Show
6.9
ActressMelanie Rhodes
1 Episode
2000-2006
TV Show
7.3
ActressMichelle McCall
1 Episode
2001-2006
TV Show
6
ActressNurse
1 Episode
1981-1990
TV Show
7.4
ActressJeanette
2 Episodes
1990-1996
TV Show
4
ActressTabitha
6 Episodes
2022
Short Film
9.5
ActressJackie2021
Movie
5.5
ActressEve2022
Short Film
5.4
Actress1992
Short Film
7.8
ActressThe Voice2022
Movie
4.9
ActressBerniece2002
Movie
7.7
ActressLillian2013
Movie
7
ActressEva2014
Movie
6.4
ActressIsabel2018
Movie
7.3
ActressNikka2000
Movie
6.6
ActressMolly Pickett1988
Movie
6.2
ActressMiss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")1996
Movie
6.4
ActressEvie Livingston2000
Movie
7.3
ActressNancy Dodds1990
Movie
6.2
ActressAbby Holsopple1996
Movie
5
ActressMartha Kinship1992
Movie
6.5
ActressElla2021
Movie
7
Actress2015
Limited Series
7.2
ActressCarolyn Britton
12 Episodes
2022
Movie
7
DirectingDirector2023
Movie
7
DirectingDirector2021
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