Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/20/1957
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
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 Crest, 227, China Beach, A Different World, and L.A. Law. She made her film debut on Number One with a ...
Known For
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
as Vivian Johnson
Harriet
as Rit Ross
One of Them Days
as Mama Ruth
American Skin
as Bernice
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Diana Philips
Death Spa
as Marci Hewitt
Thriller
as Mrs. Jackson
Coming to America
as Imani Izzi
Lakeview Terrace
as Aunt Dorrie
Biker Boyz
as Anita
Love Song
as Evie Livingston
Under the Boardwalk
as Val (voice)
Holla 2
as Marion
Throwback Holiday
as Mildred Anderson
Between Sisters
as Lillian
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Jackie
Mosquito
as Eve
The Brothers
as Dr. Thelma Woolridge
The Bounce Back
as Ellen
Dawg
as Christine Hodges