Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell

Birth Date

3/20/1957 (69)

Birth Place

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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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 made her film debut on Number One with a Bullet (1987), before supporting role of Eddie Murphy's character's arranged wife in the 1988 comedy Coming to America. In 1990, she co-starred along...

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Acting

Gender

Female

Total Credits

18

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Imani Izzi

Jackie

Grace Calloway

Rit Ross

Imani Izzi

Sarah

Frequent Collaborators

Richard Tanne

Richard Tanne

2 films together

Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

2 films together

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

1 film together

Brian Gibson

Brian Gibson

1 film together

Parker Sawyers

Parker Sawyers

1 film together

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

2 films together

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