Personal Info
Known Credits
61
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1957-03-20 (68 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known For
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 Cre ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
One of Them Days
| Mama Ruth
2024 --
Queens of Christmas
|
2024 --
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
| Idella Landy
2023 --
Under the Boardwalk
| Val (voice)
2023 --
Black Girl, Erupted
| Dr. Rebecca Francis
2022 --
Mosquito
| Eve
2022 --
The Devil You Know
| Della Cowans
2022 --
Starkeisha
| The Voice
2021 --
Baby
| Jackie
2021 --
A Holiday Chance
| Sheryl
2021 --
Coming 2 America
| Imani Izzi
2021 --
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
| Ella
2019 --
Harriet
| Rit Ross
2019 --
American Skin
| Bernice
2019 --
Dragged Across Concrete
| Jennifer Johns
2018 --
Throwback Holiday
| Mildred Anderson
2018 --
Her Only Choice
| Dr. Bailey
2018 --
Thriller
| Mrs. Jackson
2018 --
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
| Lila Burkholder
2018 --
Love, Once and Always
| Isabel
2017 --
Message From a Mistress
| Heather
2017 --
The Preacher's Son
| Elena
2016 --
Southside with You
|
2016 --
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
| Josephine
2016 --
The Bounce Back
| Ellen
2014 --
To Hell and Back
|
2014 --
The Divorce
| Eva
2013 --
Holla 2
| Marion
2013 --
Between Sisters
| Lillian
2012 --
The Obama Effect
| Molly Thomas
2012 --
A Beautiful Soul
| Guardian Angel
2012 --
The Last Fall
|
2012 --
The Undershepherd
| Deaconess Carter
2009 --
Good Hair
| Self
2008 --
Lakeview Terrace
| Aunt Dorrie
2007 --
Stompin'
| Mrs. Jackson
2003 --
Cheaper by the Dozen
| Diana Philips
2003 --
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
| Vivian Johnson
2003 --
Biker Boyz
| Anita
2002 --
The Red Sneakers
| Berniece
2001 --
All About You
|
2001 --
The Brothers
| Dr. Thelma Woolridge
2000 --
Love Song
| Evie Livingston
2000 --
A Private Affair
| Nikka
1998 --
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
| Diana
1996 --
The Cherokee Kid
| Abby Holsopple
1996 --
Daylight
| Grace Calloway
1996 --
America's Dream
| Miss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1995 --
Crimson Tide
| Julia Hunter
1994 --
The Inkwell
| Francis Phillips
1993 --
What's Love Got to Do with It
| Jackie
1992 --
Bebe's Kids
| Jamika (voice)
1992 --
Stompin' at the Savoy
| Dorothy
1992 --
Memphis
| Martha Kinship
1992 --
Why Colors?
|
1990 --
Polly: Comin' Home!
| Nancy Dodds
1989 --
Polly
| Nancy
1988 --
Death Spa
| Marci Hewitt
1988 --
Coming to America
| Imani Izzi
1988 --
The Return of Desperado
| Molly Pickett
1987 --
Number One with a Bullet
| Woman