Vanessa Bell Calloway Biography
Vanessa Bell Calloway is a dancer and actress from the United States best known for her role in the 1988 comedy Coming to America, as well as roles in What’s Love Got to Do with It, The Inkwell, Crimson Tide, and Daylight.
How old is Vanessa Bell Calloway? – Age
She is 65 years old as of 20 March 2022. She was born in 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Her real name is Vanessa Bell Calloway.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Education
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University, where she joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Calloway also trained with Alvin Ailey, George Faison, and Otis Sallid in dance.
Is Vanessa Bell Calloway still married? – Husband
She has been married to Dr. Anthony Calloway, an anesthesiologist, since 1988. Ashley and Alexandra are the couple’s two daughters. Ashley was a cast member on the BET series Baldwin Hills, which aired from 2007 to 2009.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Cancer
Bell Calloway was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma, a type of early-stage breast cancer, in 2009. She had two lumpectomies, followed by a mastectomy. She later underwent reconstructive surgery, in which stomach tissue was used to reconstruct her breast. She wrote about her experience in an October 2015 essay for Ebony magazine, after she had been cancer-free for six years.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Saints & Sinners
She appeared as Lady Ella Johnson in the American prime-time television soap opera Saints & Sinners. The show follows the lives of members of a Baptist church in a small town in Georgia on a daily basis. Pastor Darryl Greene’s and the choir director’s paths will cross with Lady Ella Johnson’s.
Vanessa Bell Calloway What’s Love Got to Do with It
She appeared as Jackie in the 1993 American biographical film What’s Love Got to Do with It. The film follows her as she transforms from a St. Louis phenomenon to an international R&B star. She eventually leaves Ike and becomes a successful solo artist; the film concludes with actual concert footage of Tina from the 1980s.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Orleans
She appeared as a Crisis Counselor in in Season Five of the Showtime series DEXTER in 2010. Harrison, Dexter’s 10-month-old son, was discovered in his mother’s blood. Dexter and his son consult with a crisis counselor about Harrison’s actions. According to the counselor, children Harrison’s age may exhibit what appears to be violent behavior, but it is simply the release of energy. She advises him to “do something for Dexter” and find a way to release his own energy.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Under One Roof
She appeared as as Margaret “Maggie” Louise Langston in the American drama television series Under One Roof. Under One Roof follows three generations of a middle-class African-American family who share a two-family house in Seattle, Washington. Nesbit “Neb” Langston, a recently widowed police officer who has adopted a troubled foster child, Marcus Henry, lives in the lower unit. Ayesha, Neb’s daughter, also lives with them.
Neb’s adult son Ron, his wife, and their children live in the upper unit. Ron is a former Marine who is dealing with the stress of starting his own business. Meanwhile, Ron’s wife Maggie is hesitant to return to work after being a stay-at-home mom to the couple’s two children, Derrick, a Type 1 diabetic, and Charlie. CBS cancelled the series after six episodes, which served as a midseason replacement. In the mid-2000s, it was rerun on the cable network TV One.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Movies
♦ 2022 – Starkeisha
♦ 2022 – The Devil You Know
♦ 2021 – Saints & Sinners Judgment Day
♦ 2021 – Coming 2 America
♦ 2021 – Baby
♦ 2021 – A Holiday Chance
♦ 2019 – American Skin
♦ 2019 – Harriet
♦ 2018 – Love, Once and Always
♦ 2018 – Dragged Across Concrete
♦ 2018 – Unbroken: Path to Redemption
♦ 2018 – Thriller –
♦ 2018 – Her Only Choice
Vanessa Bell Calloway TV Show
♦ 2022 – This Is Us – Edie
♦ 2022 – The Black Hamptons
♦ 2021 – Sacrifice
♦ 2021-22 – Kenan
♦ 2019 – Rel
♦ 2019 – A Black Lady Sketch Show
♦ 2019 – Unbelievable
♦ 2019 – The Conners
♦ 2019-20 – Black Monday
♦ 2018 – Love Is
♦ 2017 – Survivor’s Remorse
♦ 2016 – Grey’s Anatomy
♦ 2016–22 – Saints & Sinners
♦ 2015 – Murder in the First
♦ 2015 – Real Husbands of Hollywood