Vanessa Bell Calloway

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1957-03-20
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As: Vanessa Bell

Movies List of Vanessa Bell Calloway

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Daylight

1996 Movie
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Good Hair

2009 Movie
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Biker Boyz

2003 Movie
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Lakeview Terrace

2008 Movie
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Death Spa

1988 Movie
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Bebe's Kids

1992 Movie
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A Holiday Chance

2021 Movie
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Polly

1989 Movie
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The Inkwell

1994 Movie
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To Hell and Back

2014 Movie
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A Beautiful Soul

2012 Movie
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Stompin'

2007 Movie
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Starkeisha

2022 Movie
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The Devil You Know

2022 Movie
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The Red Sneakers

2002 Movie
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The Obama Effect

2012 Movie
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All About You

2001 Movie
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Black Girl, Erupted

2023 Movie
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Love Song

2000 Movie
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Holla 2

2013 Movie
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Under the Boardwalk

2023 Movie
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Polly: Comin' Home!

1990 Movie
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Between Sisters

2013 Movie
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The Last Fall

2012 Movie
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Memphis

1992 Movie
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Southside with You

2016 Movie
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The Cherokee Kid

1996 Movie
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The Bounce Back

2016 Movie
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America's Dream

1996 Movie
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One of Them Days

2025 Movie
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The Preacher's Son

2017 Movie
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A Private Affair

2000 Movie
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Love, Once and Always

2018 Movie
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Coming to America

1988 Movie
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Mosquito

2022 Movie
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Thriller

2018 Movie
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Why Colors?

1992 Movie
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Throwback Holiday

2018 Movie
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Her Only Choice

2018 Movie
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The Brothers

2001 Movie
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Coming 2 America

2021 Movie
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Harriet

2019 Movie
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Stompin' at the Savoy

1992 Movie
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Cheaper by the Dozen

2003 Movie
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Crimson Tide

1995 Movie
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Baby

2021 Movie
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The Divorce

2014 Movie
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American Skin

2019 Movie
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The Undershepherd

2012 Movie
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Queens of Christmas

2024 Movie