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Acting

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Career: Active from 1988 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: What's Love Got to Do with It
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Vanessa Bell Calloway Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Tension
5.1, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Social Commentary 5
Family Drama 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Biographical Drama 3
Redemption 3
Power Struggles 2
Family Secrets 2
Psychological Depth 2
Contemporary Setting 2
Romantic Drama 2
Inspirational 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

18 titles · average score 63

One of Them Days

76

as Mama Ruth

Queens of Christmas

as Julia Mason

Under the Boardwalk

67

as Val (voice)

Black Girl, Erupted

as Dr. Rebecca Francis

Wicked City

57

TV show · as Tabitha

Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons

TV show · as Carolyn Britton

Starkeisha

as The Voice

The Devil You Know

42

as Della Cowans

Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day

as Ella

A Holiday Chance

as Sheryl

Someday At Christmas

Director

Coming 2 America

49

as Imani Izzi

2010s

33 titles · average score 63

Harriet

71

as Rit Ross

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

49

as Lila Burkholder

Her Only Choice

52

as Dr. Bailey

Southside with You

72

as Marian Robinson

Saints & Sinners

76

TV show · as Lady Ella Johnson

This Is Us

83

TV show · as Edie / Edie (uncredited)

Holla 2

as Marion

Between Sisters

as Lillian

The Last Fall

58

as Marie Bishop

The Obama Effect

25

as Molly Thomas

Shameless

79

TV show · as Carol Fisher

Rizzoli & Isles

71

TV show · as Assistant District Attorney

2000s

26 titles · average score 60

Castle

75

TV show · as Beryl Wickfield

Stompin'

as Mrs. Jackson

Dexter

78

TV show · as Crisis Counselor

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Lucinda Gamble

The Closer

77

TV show · as Lynn Talmadge

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

42

as Vivian Johnson

NCIS

64

TV show · as Sally Hammond

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Geraldine Watkins (1970)

The Red Sneakers

42

as Berniece

CSI: Miami

67

TV show · as Tonya Washington

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

68

TV show · as Judge Himmel

Boston Public

49

TV show · as Mrs. Michelle Ronning

1990s

27 titles · average score 63

Orleans

TV show · as Rosalee Clark

Moesha

76

TV show · as Dr. Woods

Under One Roof

TV show · as Maggie Langston

Crimson Tide

77

as Julia Hunter

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Debra Willis

The Inkwell

46

as Francis Phillips

What's Love Got to Do with It

81

as Jackie

Diagnosis: Murder

46

TV show · as Mrs. Calender

Bebe's Kids

50

as Jamika (voice)

Rhythm & Blues

TV show

Stompin' at the Savoy

74

as Dorothy

Polly: Comin' Home!

79

as Nancy Dodds

1980s

12 titles · average score 61

Polly

81

as Nancy

Coming to America

66

as Imani Izzi

China Beach

77

TV show

The Return of Desperado

as Molly Pickett

Death Spa

46

as Marci Hewitt

A Different World

47

TV show · as Danielle Vinson / Lily Connors

Number One with a Bullet

37

as Woman

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Robyn Edwards

227

78

TV show

The Colbys

62

TV show

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Nurse

Simon & Simon

46

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 81

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as Nancy