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Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

20/03/1957

Age

68 years old

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... Read More

Known For

One of Them Days

One of Them Days

Queens of Christmas

Queens of Christmas

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Under the Boardwalk

Under the Boardwalk

Black Girl, Erupted

Black Girl, Erupted

Mosquito

Mosquito

The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know

Starkeisha

Starkeisha

Baby

Baby

A Holiday Chance

A Holiday Chance

Filmography

Cast

2025

One of Them Days

as Mama Ruth

2024

Queens of Christmas

2024

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Rom...

as Idella Landy

2023

Under the Boardwalk

as Val (voice)

2023

Black Girl, Erupted

as Dr. Rebecca Francis

2022

Mosquito

as Eve

2022

The Devil You Know

as Della Cowans

2022

Starkeisha

as The Voice

2021

Baby

as Jackie

2021

A Holiday Chance

as Sheryl

2021

Coming 2 America

as Imani Izzi

2021

Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day

as Ella

2019

Harriet

as Rit Ross

2019

American Skin

as Bernice

2019

Dragged Across Concrete

as Jennifer Johns

2018

Throwback Holiday

as Mildred Anderson

2018

Her Only Choice

as Dr. Bailey

2018

Thriller

as Mrs. Jackson

2018

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

as Lila Burkholder

2018

Love, Once and Always

as Isabel

2017

Message From a Mistress

as Heather

2017

The Preacher's Son

as Elena

2016

Southside with You

2016

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howa...

as Josephine

2016

The Bounce Back

as Ellen

2014

To Hell and Back

2014

The Divorce

as Eva

2013

Holla 2

as Marion

2013

Between Sisters

as Lillian

2012

The Obama Effect

as Molly Thomas

2012

A Beautiful Soul

as Guardian Angel

2012

The Last Fall

as Marie Bishop

2012

The Undershepherd

as Deaconess Carter

2009

Good Hair

as Self

2008

Lakeview Terrace

as Aunt Dorrie

2007

Stompin'

as Mrs. Jackson

2003

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Diana Philips

2003

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

as Vivian Johnson

2003

Biker Boyz

as Anita

2002

Dawg

as Christine Hodges

2002

The Red Sneakers

as Berniece

2001

All About You

2001

The Brothers

as Dr. Thelma Woolridge

2000

Love Song

as Evie Livingston

2000

A Private Affair

as Nikka

1998

Archibald the Rainbow Painter

as Diana

1996

The Cherokee Kid

as Abby Holsopple

1996

Daylight

as Grace Calloway

1996

America's Dream

as Miss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Pain...

1995

Crimson Tide

as Julia Hunter

1994

The Inkwell

as Francis Phillips

1993

What's Love Got to Do with It

as Jackie

1992

Bebe's Kids

as Jamika (voice)

1992

Stompin' at the Savoy

as Dorothy

1992

Memphis

as Martha Kinship

1992

Why Colors?

1990

Polly: Comin' Home!

as Nancy Dodds

1989

Polly

as Nancy

1988

Death Spa

as Marci Hewitt

1988

Coming to America

as Imani Izzi

1988

The Return of Desperado

as Molly Pickett

1987

Number One with a Bullet

as Woman

Crew

2023

Black Girl, Erupted

as Director

2021

Someday At Christmas

as Director