Vanessa Bell Calloway
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA — Mar 20 1957
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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 m…
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Vanessa Bell Calloway's Credits
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Grey's Anatomy
Lucinda Gamble
NCIS
Sally Hammond
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Judge Himmel
Shameless
Carol Fisher
Dexter
Crisis Counselor
Castle
Beryl Wickfield
CSI: Miami
Tonya Washington
The Closer
Lynn Talmadge
This Is Us
Edie
Diagnosis: Murder
Mrs. Calender
Strong Medicine
Melanie Rhodes
Rizzoli & Isles
Assistant District Attorney
Falcon Crest
Nurse
Cold Case
Geraldine Watkins (1970)
L.A. Law
Robyn Edwards
Touched by an Angel
Debra Willis
The Division
Dana
The District
Gwen Hendrix
The Conners
Carrie Langham
Simon & Simon
Boston Public
Mrs. Michelle Ronning
Moesha
Dr. Woods
A Different World
Lily Connors
Harry's Law
Jude Campbell
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Princess Katusha (voice)
China Beach
227
The Parkers
Malcolm & Eddie
Black Monday
Ruth
Joan of Arcadia
Corey Phillips
Dream On
Jeanette
Go On
Joyce
Unbelievable
Sarah
10-8: Officers on Duty
Gina Barnes
Kenan
Bobbi
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Kiley's Mother
The Colbys
Coming to America
Imani Izzi
The Wonderful World of Disney
Nancy
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
Vivian Johnson
The Sinbad Show
Let's Stay Together
Saints & Sinners
Lady Ella Johnson
The Black Hamptons
Carolyn Britton
Crimson Tide
Julia Hunter
Daylight
Grace Calloway
Cheaper by the Dozen
Diana Philips
Prey
One of Them Days
Mama Ruth
Orleans
Rosalee Clark
Where I Live
Coming 2 America
Imani Izzi
Wicked City
Tabitha
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
Biker Boyz
Anita
The Temptations
Johnnie Mae Matthews
Under One Roof
Maggie Langston
Dragged Across Concrete
Jennifer Johns
Harriet
Rit Ross
The Vince Staples Show
Black in the 80s
Self
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
Velma Jones
Lakeview Terrace
Aunt Dorrie
Under the Boardwalk
Val (voice)
Rhythm & Blues
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Lila Burkholder
Bebe's Kids
Jamika (voice)
Good Hair
Self
The Obama Effect
Molly Thomas
Dawg
Christine Hodges
Polly
Nancy
What's Love Got to Do with It
Jackie
Memphis
Martha Kinship
Death Spa
Marci Hewitt
Number One with a Bullet
Woman
The Cherokee Kid
Abby Holsopple
American Skin
Bernice
Southside with You
Marian Robinson
The Brothers
Dr. Thelma Woolridge
Love, Once and Always
Isabel
Mosquito
Eve
The Inkwell
Francis Phillips
The Devil You Know
Della Cowans
Baby
Jackie
The Red Sneakers
Berniece
Thriller
Mrs. Jackson
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
Diana
The Last Fall
Marie Bishop
The Undershepherd
Deaconess Carter
The Bounce Back
Ellen
All About You
Donna Taylor
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
Ella
Throwback Holiday
Mildred Anderson
Polly: Comin' Home!
Nancy Dodds
Stompin'
Mrs. Jackson
The Preacher's Son
Elena
A Beautiful Soul
Guardian Angel
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Idella Landy
Stompin' at the Savoy
Dorothy
Why Colors?
Love Song
Evie Livingston
America's Dream
Miss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
A Holiday Chance
Sheryl
Message From a Mistress
Heather
The Return of Desperado
Molly Pickett
A Private Affair
Nikka
Her Only Choice
Dr. Bailey
Queens of Christmas
Julia Mason
Black Girl, Erupted
Dr. Rebecca Francis
To Hell and Back
Starkeisha
The Voice
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
Josephine
The Divorce
Eva
Holla 2
Marion
Between Sisters
Lillian
Someday At Christmas
Directing