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Name Vanessa Bell Calloway
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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.
Career
Major ProfessionActress
Other ProfessionsDirector
DebutSimon & Simon
Height & Weight
HeightUnknown
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Personal Details
DOB20th March, 1957
Age67
Native PlaceCleveland, Ohio, USA
Current PlaceCleveland, Ohio, USA
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ReligionUnknown
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Relationship StatusUnknown
Horoscope / Zodiac / Sun SignPisces
Education Details
EducationUnknown
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Movies & TV Shows

Acting
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch - 2024
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch - 2024
The Vince Staples Show - 2024
The Vince Staples Show - 2024
Under the Boardwalk - 2023
Under the Boardwalk - 2023
Black Girl, Erupted - 2023
Black Girl, Erupted - 2023
Sherri - 2022
Sherri - 2022
The Black Hamptons - 2022
The Black Hamptons - 2022
Mosquito - 2022
Mosquito - 2022
The Devil You Know - 2022
The Devil You Know - 2022
Starkeisha - 2022
Starkeisha - 2022
Baby - 2021
Baby - 2021
A Holiday Chance - 2021
A Holiday Chance - 2021
Coming 2 America - 2021
Coming 2 America - 2021
Kenan - 2021
Kenan - 2021
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day - 2021
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day - 2021
Harriet - 2019
Harriet - 2019
Unbelievable - 2019
Unbelievable - 2019
American Skin - 2019
American Skin - 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show - 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show - 2019
Black Monday - 2019
Black Monday - 2019
Throwback Holiday - 2018
Throwback Holiday - 2018
The Conners - 2018
The Conners - 2018
Her Only Choice - 2018
Her Only Choice - 2018
Thriller - 2018
Thriller - 2018
Unbroken: Path to Redemption - 2018
Unbroken: Path to Redemption - 2018
Dragged Across Concrete - 2018
Dragged Across Concrete - 2018
Love, Once and Always - 2018
Love, Once and Always - 2018
Message From a Mistress - 2017
Message From a Mistress - 2017
The Preacher\'s Son - 2017
The Preacher\'s Son - 2017
This Is Us - 2016
This Is Us - 2016
Southside with You - 2016
Southside with You - 2016
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story - 2016
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story - 2016
Saints & Sinners - 2016
Saints & Sinners - 2016
The Bounce Back - 2016
The Bounce Back - 2016
To Hell and Back - 2014
To Hell and Back - 2014
The Divorce - 2014
The Divorce - 2014
Holla 2 - 2013
Holla 2 - 2013
Between Sisters - 2013
Between Sisters - 2013
Go On - 2012
Go On - 2012
The Obama Effect - 2012
The Obama Effect - 2012
A Beautiful Soul - 2012
A Beautiful Soul - 2012
The Last Fall - 2012
The Last Fall - 2012
The Undershepherd - 2012
The Undershepherd - 2012
Let\'s Stay Together - 2011
Let\'s Stay Together - 2011
Shameless - 2011
Shameless - 2011
Rizzoli & Isles - 2010
Rizzoli & Isles - 2010
Good Hair - 2009
Good Hair - 2009
Castle - 2009
Castle - 2009
Lakeview Terrace - 2008
Lakeview Terrace - 2008
Stompin\' - 2007
Stompin\' - 2007
Dexter - 2006
Dexter - 2006
The Closer - 2005
The Closer - 2005
Grey\'s Anatomy - 2005
Grey\'s Anatomy - 2005
Black in the 80s - 2005
Black in the 80s - 2005
Cheaper by the Dozen - 2003
Cheaper by the Dozen - 2003
Love Don\'t Co$t a Thing - 2003
Love Don\'t Co$t a Thing - 2003
Cold Case - 2003
Cold Case - 2003
10-8: Officers on Duty - 2003
10-8: Officers on Duty - 2003
Joan of Arcadia - 2003
Joan of Arcadia - 2003
NCIS - 2003
NCIS - 2003
Biker Boyz - 2003
Biker Boyz - 2003
CSI: Miami - 2002
CSI: Miami - 2002
The Red Sneakers - 2002
The Red Sneakers - 2002
One on One - 2001
One on One - 2001
All About You - 2001
All About You - 2001
The Brothers - 2001
The Brothers - 2001
The Division - 2001
The Division - 2001
Love Song - 2000
Love Song - 2000
Boston Public - 2000
Boston Public - 2000
The District - 2000
The District - 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 2000
A Private Affair - 2000
A Private Affair - 2000
The Parkers - 1999
The Parkers - 1999
The Temptations - 1998
The Temptations - 1998
Archibald the Rainbow Painter - 1998
Archibald the Rainbow Painter - 1998
Prey - 1998
Prey - 1998
The View - 1997
The View - 1997
Orleans - 1997
Orleans - 1997
The Cherokee Kid - 1996
The Cherokee Kid - 1996
Daylight - 1996
Daylight - 1996
Malcolm & Eddie - 1996
Malcolm & Eddie - 1996
America\'s Dream - 1996
America\'s Dream - 1996
Moesha - 1996
Moesha - 1996
Crimson Tide - 1995
Crimson Tide - 1995
Under One Roof - 1995
Under One Roof - 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child - 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child - 1995
Touched by an Angel - 1994
Touched by an Angel - 1994
The Inkwell - 1994
The Inkwell - 1994
Diagnosis: Murder - 1993
Diagnosis: Murder - 1993
The Sinbad Show - 1993
The Sinbad Show - 1993
What\'s Love Got to Do with It - 1993
What\'s Love Got to Do with It - 1993
Where I Live - 1993
Where I Live - 1993
Rhythm & Blues - 1992
Rhythm & Blues - 1992
Bebe\'s Kids - 1992
Bebe\'s Kids - 1992
Stompin\' at the Savoy - 1992
Stompin\' at the Savoy - 1992
Memphis - 1992
Memphis - 1992
Why Colors? - 1992
Why Colors? - 1992
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage - 1991
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage - 1991
Polly: Comin\' Home! - 1990
Polly: Comin\' Home! - 1990
Dream On - 1990
Dream On - 1990
Equal Justice - 1990
Equal Justice - 1990
Polly - 1989
Polly - 1989
Coming to America - 1988
Coming to America - 1988
Death Spa - 1988
Death Spa - 1988
China Beach - 1988
China Beach - 1988
The Return of Desperado - 1988
The Return of Desperado - 1988
A Different World - 1987
A Different World - 1987
Number One with a Bullet - 1987
Number One with a Bullet - 1987
L.A. Law - 1986
L.A. Law - 1986
The Colbys - 1985
The Colbys - 1985
227 - 1985
227 - 1985
Simon & Simon - 1981
Simon & Simon - 1981

Directing
Black Girl, Erupted - 2023
Black Girl, Erupted - 2023
Someday At Christmas - 2021
Someday At Christmas - 2021
Awards
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