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