Vanessa Bell Calloway
ActingBorn
March 20, 1957
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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…
Known For
Filmography
One of Them Days
2025
Queens of Christmas
2024
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
2024
Under the Boardwalk
2023
Black Girl, Erupted
2023
Mosquito
2022
The Devil You Know
2022
Starkeisha
2022
Baby
2021
A Holiday Chance
2021
Coming 2 America
2021
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
2021
Harriet
2019
American Skin
2019
Dragged Across Concrete
2019
Throwback Holiday
2018
Her Only Choice
2018
Thriller
2018
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
Love, Once and Always
2018
Message From a Mistress
2017
The Preacher's Son
2017
Southside with You
2016
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
2016
The Bounce Back
2016
Divas!
2015
To Hell and Back
2014
The Divorce
2014
Holla 2
2013
Between Sisters
2013
The Obama Effect
2012
A Beautiful Soul
2012
The Last Fall
2012
The Undershepherd
2012
Good Hair
2009
Lakeview Terrace
2008
Stompin'
2007
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
2003
Biker Boyz
2003
Dawg
2002
The Red Sneakers
2002
All About You
2001
The Brothers
2001
Love Song
2000
A Private Affair
2000
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
1998
The Cherokee Kid
1996
Daylight
1996
America's Dream
1996
Crimson Tide
1995
The Inkwell
1994
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Bebe's Kids
1992
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Memphis
1992
Why Colors?
1992
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990
Polly
1989
Death Spa
1988
Coming to America
1988
The Return of Desperado
1988
Number One with a Bullet
1987
The Vince Staples Show
2024
Wicked City
2022
Sherri
2022
The Black Hamptons
2022
Kenan
2021
Unbelievable
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Black Monday
2019
The Conners
2018
This Is Us
2016
This Is Us
2016
Saints & Sinners
2016
Go On
2012
Ringer
2011
Harry's Law
2011
Let's Stay Together
2011
Shameless
2011
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Castle
2009
Dexter
2006
The Closer
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Black in the 80s
2005
Cold Case
2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
Joan of Arcadia
2003
NCIS
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
One on One
2001
The Division
2001
Boston Public
2000
The District
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
The Parkers
1999
The Temptations
1998
Prey
1998
The View
1997
Orleans
1997
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
Moesha
1996
Under One Roof
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Sinbad Show
1993
Where I Live
1993
Rhythm & Blues
1992
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991
Dream On
1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
China Beach
1988
A Different World
1987
A Different World
1987
L.A. Law
1986
The Colbys
1985
227
1985
Falcon Crest
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954