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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-03-20
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.4
- info Birth Place Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Vanessa Bell Calloway
6.1
Daylight
1996-12-06
6.5
Good Hair
2009-10-09
7.5
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
2003-12-12
6.3
Biker Boyz
2003-01-31
6
Lakeview Terrace
2008-09-19
5.2
Death Spa
1988-07-29
10
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
2021-02-14
5.7
Bebe's Kids
1992-07-31
8.5
A Holiday Chance
2021-11-24
7.1
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993-06-09
8
Polly
1989-11-12
5.4
The Inkwell
1994-04-22
0
To Hell and Back
2014-04-04
6.3
A Beautiful Soul
2012-05-04
3
Stompin'
2007-06-10
4.5
Starkeisha
2022-03-07
7
The Devil You Know
2022-04-01
3.8
The Red Sneakers
2002-02-10
2.5
The Obama Effect
2012-07-13
8.7
All About You
2001-08-04
2
Black Girl, Erupted
2023-07-08
0
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
1998-08-07
7.8
Love Song
2000-12-01
4.8
Holla 2
2013-04-19
7.4
Under the Boardwalk
2023-10-27
8.5
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990-11-18
0
Between Sisters
2013-03-27
5.8
The Last Fall
2012-03-09
0
Memphis
1992-01-27
5.7
Southside with You
2016-08-26
0
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
2024-05-24
5
The Cherokee Kid
1996-12-14
6.4
The Bounce Back
2016-02-26
6.5
The Return of Desperado
1988-02-15
7
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
2016-06-12
7
America's Dream
1996-02-17
0
One of Them Days
2025-01-24
4.2
Number One with a Bullet
1987-02-27
6.9
The Preacher's Son
2017-01-09
0
A Private Affair
2000-08-26
6.5
Love, Once and Always
2018-03-10
6.6
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018-09-14
6.9
Coming to America
1988-06-29
0
Mosquito
2022-05-07
4.2
Thriller
2018-09-23
0
Why Colors?
1992-01-01
4.7
Throwback Holiday
2018-12-15
5.3
Her Only Choice
2018-10-06
6.6
Dragged Across Concrete
2019-02-21
6.6
The Brothers
2001-03-23
6.4
Coming 2 America
2021-03-04
7.4
Harriet
2019-11-01
0
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992-04-19
6.3
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003-12-24
7.2
Crimson Tide
1995-05-12
0
Baby
2021-12-31
0
Message From a Mistress
2017-05-01
0
The Divorce
2014-02-04
7.2
American Skin
2019-09-01
2
The Undershepherd
2012-02-15
0
Queens of Christmas
2024-12-19
7.7
Malcolm & Eddie
1996-08-26
7.1
L.A. Law
1986-09-15
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
7.7
Boston Public
2000-10-23
6.9
The District
2000-10-07
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06
8.2
One on One
2001-09-03
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
2003-09-26
7.8
CSI: Miami
2002-09-23
7
The Division
2001-01-07
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981-11-24
7.2
China Beach
1988-04-26
0
The Sinbad Show
1993-09-16
6.8
227
1985-09-14
7.8
Cold Case
2003-09-28
4.5
The View
1997-08-11
10
Where I Live
1993-03-05
6.8
Moesha
1996-01-23
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29
8.2
The Parkers
1999-08-30
6.8
Prey
1998-01-15
5.8
The Colbys
1985-11-20
6.5
Go On
2012-08-08
4.8
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991-03-31
0
Under One Roof
1995-03-14
0
Orleans
1997-01-08
9.5
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003-09-28
6
Rhythm & Blues
1992-09-24
0
Black in the 80s
2005-02-01
8.7
Let's Stay Together
2011-01-11
8.1
Castle
2009-03-09
7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
2010-07-12
7.7
NCIS
2003-09-23
6.9
Kenan
2021-02-16
7.6
Saints & Sinners
2016-03-06
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
4.2
Sherri
2022-09-12
6.6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12
8.2
This Is Us
2016-09-20
6.6
The Black Hamptons
2022-08-25
8.2
This Is Us
2016-09-20
8
The Temptations
1998-11-01
7.4
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019-08-02
6.4
The Vince Staples Show
2024-02-15
7
The Conners
2018-10-16
8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27
8
Unbelievable
2019-09-13
6.9
Dream On
1990-07-08
8.2
Dexter
2006-10-01
7.1
Strong Medicine
2000-07-23
8.2
Shameless
2011-01-09
7.1
Black Monday
2019-01-20
7.9
The Closer
2005-06-13
5.6
Falcon Crest
1981-12-04
7.6
Wicked City
2022-12-01
