- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 6.23
- Peak run
- 1994’19
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Vanessa by the numbers
Average
6.23
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.26
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.49
rating spread
Career
34y
1992 to 2025
Total votes
168K
across every film
Best
6.8
Harriet
Worst
5.9
Bebe's Kids
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  One of Them Days | Mama Ruth | 6.4 | 21,035 |
| 2023 | Under the Boardwalk | Val | 5.9 | 1,957 |
| 2022 | The Devil You Know | Della Cowans | 5.4 | 1,451 |
| 2019 | American Skin | Bernice | 7.0 | 4,310 |
| 2019 |  Harriet | Rit Ross | 6.8 | 37,079 |
| 2018 | Throwback Holiday | Mildred | · | 559 |
| 2017 | The Preacher's Son | Elena | · | 435 |
| 2016 | Southside with You | Marian Robinson | 6.3 | 9,769 |
| 2016 | Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story | Josephine | · | 266 |
| 2015 | About Scout | Faith Price | · | 889 |
| 2012 | The Last Fall | Marie Bishop | · | 453 |
| 2012 | The Undershepherd | Deaconess Carter | · | 324 |
| 2012 | The Obama Effect | Molly Thomas | · | 480 |
| 2001 | All About You | Donna | · | 375 |
| 1996 |  Daylight | Grace | 6.0 | 81,283 |
| 1994 | The Inkwell | Francis Phillips | 6.4 | 1,751 |
| 1992 | Bebe's Kids | Jamika | 5.9 | 5,925 |
Better together?
Vanessa Bell Calloway's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Vanessa Bell Calloway
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