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person_profile-Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway Age: 67

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Date of Birth:

Mar 20, 1957

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Vanessa Bell Calloway

    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.

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Filmography of

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Found 55 Movies in total

... 2025

... 2024

Under the Boardwalk

Val (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

Black Girl, Erupted

Dr. Rebecca Francis ( Actor )

Director

... 2023

... 2022

A Holiday Chance

Sheryl ( Actor )

... 2021

Coming 2 America

Imani Izzi ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

Harriet

Rit Ross ( Actor )

... 2019

American Skin

Bernice ( Actor )

... 2019

Dragged Across Concrete

Jennifer Johns ( Actor )

... 2019

Her Only Choice

Dr. Bailey ( Actor )

... 2018

Thriller

Mrs. Jackson ( Actor )

... 2018

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Lila Burkholder ( Actor )

... 2018

Love, Once and Always

Isabel ( Actor )

... 2018

Message From a Mistress

Heather ( Actor )

... 2017

The Preacher's Son

Elena ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

... 2016

The Bounce Back

Ellen ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2014

The Divorce

Eva ( Actor )

... 2014

Holla 2

Marion ( Actor )

... 2013

Between Sisters

Lillian ( Actor )

... 2013

The Obama Effect

Molly Thomas ( Actor )

... 2012

A Beautiful Soul

Guardian Angel ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

The Undershepherd

Deaconess Carter ( Actor )

... 2012

Good Hair

Herself ( Actor )

... 2009

Lakeview Terrace

Aunt Dorrie ( Actor )

... 2008

Stompin'

Mrs. Jackson ( Actor )

... 2007

Cheaper by the Dozen

Diana Philips ( Actor )

... 2003

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Vivian Johnson ( Actor )

... 2003

Biker Boyz

Anita ( Actor )

... 2003

The Red Sneakers

Berniece ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2001

The Brothers

Dr. Thelma Woolridge ( Actor )

... 2001

Love Song

Evie Livingston ( Actor )

... 2000

A Private Affair

Nikka ( Actor )

... 2000

... 1998

The Cherokee Kid

Abby Holsopple ( Actor )

... 1996

Daylight

Grace Calloway ( Actor )

... 1996

America's Dream

Miss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") ( Actor )

... 1996

Crimson Tide

Julia Hunter ( Actor )

... 1995

The Inkwell

Francis Phillips ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1993

Bebe's Kids

Jamika (voice) ( Actor )

... 1992

Stompin' at the Savoy

Dorothy ( Actor )

... 1992

Memphis

Martha Kinship ( Actor )

... 1992

Polly: Comin' Home!

Nancy Dodds ( Actor )

... 1990

Polly

Nancy ( Actor )

... 1989

Death Spa

Marci Hewitt ( Actor )

... 1988

Coming to America

Imani Izzi ( Actor )

... 1988

The Return of Desperado

Molly Pickett ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1987