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Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway ( Bell; born March 20, 1957) is an American actress. Beginning her career as a dancer, Bell Calloway became known for her film roles as Princess Imani Izzi in the 1988 comedy ''Coming to America'' and its sequel. Since then, Bell Calloway appeared in more than 150 film and television productions. She is a nine-time NAACP Image Awards nominee.

Bell Calloway appeared in films ''Death Spa'' (1988), ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), ''The Inkwell'' (1994), ''Crimson Tide'' (1995), ''Daylight'' (1996), ''The Brothers'' (2001) and ''Biker Boyz'' (2003). Bell Calloway had several starring roles on television series and movies, include first African American prime time soap opera, ''Under One Roof'' (1995). She later played recurring roles on ''Hawthorne'', ''Shameless'' and ''This Is Us''. From 2016 to 2022, she starred as Lady Ella Johnson in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, ''Saints & Sinners'' and in 2022 began starring in BET+ crime drama, ''The Black Hamptons''. Bell Callaway played Marian Shields Robinson in the biographical drama film ''Southside with You'' (2016), and Harriet Tubman's mother in the biographical film, ''Harriet'' (2019). Provided by Wikipedia