You Might Know Her From Shameless, One of Them Days, Coming to America, Coming 2 America, Harriet, Bebe's Kids, Saints & Sinners, Daylight, the original cast of Dreamgirls on Broadway, and What's Love Got To Do With It? We talked to Vanessa about her full-circle Tina Turner moment from the "What's Love Got to Do With It?" music video to the Angela Bassett-led biopic; playing Tina's Ikette-turned-bestie Jackie; and the stunt gone wrong in the diner. Plus barking in Coming to America, acting opposite influencers and "housewives," and originating in the iconic OBC of Dreamgirls. We LOVED Vanessa Bell Calloway. May we all manifest more Mama Ruth in the rumored One of Them Days sequel.
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Discussed this week:
Unrivaled women's basketball dance off in Philly
Makeshift matriarch in the Keke Palmer, Sza movie, One of Them Days
Was in the room with Anne Marie Johnson
Jackie in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
Also a dancer in the music video for What's Love Got to Do With It
Laurence Fishburne accidentally smacks her in the diner scene
Did nighttime soaps: Saints and Sinners and The Black Hamptons
"Know your lines and be on time, no exceptions, no excuses"
Plays Carol aka Veronica's mother in Shameless
Is a Stepp Sister in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls (VBC on far right)
Michael Peters choreographed Dreamgirls
Vanessa's review in the review for El Bravo in the NYT
Bring Back Birdie with Donald O'Conner and Chita Rivera (directed by Joe Layton)
Purlie Victorious filmed for PBS Great Performances
Debbie Allen directed her in Polly and its sequel Polly Coming Home, plus Stompin' at the Savoy
Got a leaning board as Princess Imani in Coming to America
Sylvester Stallone maybe did NOT do his coverage in the last scene at Daylight
Played Johnnie Mae Matthews, the original manager of The Temptations tv miniseries
The Inkwell has all-star cast that filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina (Wrightsville Beach)
Has worked with Glynn Turman multiple times
Sitcom with Anna Maria Horsford, Rhythm & Blues
Gets speared through the neck in Death Spa (1988)
Bebe's Kids (1992) Robin Harris died before production even started
