Vanessa Bell Calloway
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Vanessa Bell Calloway (born March 20, 1957) is an American actress and dancer.
Bell Calloway, who began her career as a dancer, is best known for her role as Princess Imani Izzi (Eddie Murphy's arranged wife) in the 1988 comedy Coming to America.
Bell Calloway appeared in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), and Daylight (1996).
Bell Calloway appeared in television series and films, including the first African American prime time soap opera Under One Roof (1995).
She appeared on Hawthorne and Shameless in later years.
She appeared in comedy-drama film Southside with You in 2016 and began playing Lady Ella Johnson in Bounce TV prime time soap opera Saints & Sinners.
Bell Calloway is an eight-time NAACP Image Award winner.
Early life
Bell was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 20, 1957. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio University, where she became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Calloway also studied dance with Alvin Ailey, George Faison, and Otis Sallid. Calloway began her career as a dancer in Michael Bennett's original Broadway production of Dreamgirls. Calloway produced the music video "Angel Man" for soul singer Rhetta Hughes at this time. She appeared in the cast of the short-lived musical Bring Back Birdie.
Personal life
Bell Calloway has been married to anesthesiologist Dr. Anthony Calloway since 1988. Ashley and Alexandra, the couple's two children, are both married. Ashley was one of the original cast members of BET's Baldwin Hills, which ran from 2007 to 2009.
Bell Calloway was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma, a precursor to breast cancer. She had two lumpectomies and later a mastectomy. She underwent reconstructive surgery, in which tissue from her stomach was used to reconstruct her breasts. She recalled her experience in an October 2015 essay in Ebony magazine, at that time she had been cancer-free for six years.
Career
Bell Calloway 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, Bell Calloway co-starred alongside Joe Morton in the ABC drama series, Equal Justice. During the 1990s, Bell Calloway had number of supporting roles in films, including What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) opposite Angela Bassett, The Inkwell (1994), and Crimson Tide (1995) as Denzel Washington's character wife. She also voiced main role in the 1992 animated comedy, Bébé's Kids. Bell Calloway also had number of leading and supporting roles in the made for television movies. In 1995, she co-starred opposite James Earl Jones and Joe Morton in the short-lived CBS prime time soap opera, Under One Roof, the first drama series that feature an African-American lead characters. For her role on the series, Calloway was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She also had the leading roles on the short-leved NBC sitcom Rhythm & Blues (1992–93), and starred alongside Larry Hagman as his girlfriend in the CBS drama Orleans (1997).
In the 2000s, Bell Calloway had the recurring roles on Boston Public and The District. She co-starred in films including The Brothers, All About You, Dawg, Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Cheaper by the Dozen. Bell Calloway also guest starred on The Division, Strong Medicine, The Closer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dexter, Rizzoli & Isles, and Castle. From 2010 to 2011, she had the recurring role in the TNT medical drama, Hawthorne. In 2011, she began appearing in the Showtime comedy-drama, Shameless.
In 2016, Bell Calloway was cast as lead character in the Bounce TV first prime time soap opera, Saints & Sinners. She plays Lady Ella Johnson, the widow of pastor and manipulative "First Lady of the Church". Also in 2016, Bell Calloway co-starred as president Obama's future mother-in-law, Marian Shields Robinson, opposite Tika Sumpter as Michelle Obama, in the comedy-drama film Southside with You, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. She also guest starred on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy playing Arizona's Lawyer.
In 2018, Bell Calloway appeared in the Christian drama film Unbroken: Path to Redemption and the crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete. In 2019, she played abolitionist Harriet Tubman's mother in the biographical drama film Harriet. She reprised her role as Imani Izzi in the 2021 sequel Coming 2 America.