Vanessa Bell Calloway
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1957-03-20 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known As
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Biography
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 Mur...
Acting
1996
as Grace Calloway
2009
as Self
2003
as Vivian Johnson
2003
as Anita
2008
as Aunt Dorrie
1988
as Marci Hewitt
2021
1992
as Jamika (voice)
2021
as Sheryl
1993
as Jackie
1989
as Nancy
1994
as Francis Phillips
2014
2012
as Guardian Angel
2007
as Mrs. Jackson
2022
as The Voice
2022
as Della Cowans
2002
as Berniece
2012
as Molly Thomas
2001
2023
as Dr. Rebecca Francis
1998
as Diana
2000
as Evie Livingston
2013
as Marion
2023
as Val (voice)
1990
as Nancy Dodds
2013
as Lillian
2012
as Marie Bishop
1992
as Martha Kinship
2024
1996
as Abby Holsopple
2016
as Ellen
1988
as Molly Pickett
2016
as Josephine
1996
as Miss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
2025
as Mama Ruth
1987
as Woman
2017
as Elena
2000
as Nikka
2018
as Isabel
2018
as Lila Burkholder
1988
as Imani Izzi
2022
as Eve
2018
as Mrs. Jackson
1992
2018
as Mildred Anderson
2018
as Dr. Bailey
2019
as Jennifer Johns
2001
as Dr. Thelma Woolridge
2021
as Imani Izzi
2019
as Rit Ross
1992
as Dorothy
2003
as Diana Philips
1995
as Julia Hunter
2021
as Jackie
2014
as Eva
2017
as Heather
2019
as Bernice
2012
as Deaconess Carter
2002
as Christine Hodges
Production
2023
as Director
2021
as Director
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