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Actress

The Resume

    (March 20, 1957- )
    Born in Toledo, Ohio
    Birth name is Vanessa Bell
    Best known for her role as Eddie Murphy's wife Imani Izzi in 'Coming to America' and 'Coming 2 America'
    Notable roles include 'Bébé's Kids,' 'What's Love Got to Do with It,' 'The Inkwell,' 'Unsung,' 'Crimson Tide,' 'The Temptations,' 'Daylight,' 'Baldwin Hills,' 'The Brothers,' 'Good Hair,' 'Biker Boyz,' 'Love Don't Cost a Thing,' 'Cheaper by the Dozen,' 'Lakeview Terrace,' 'All My Children,' 'Days of Our Lives,' 'Saints & Sinners,' '227,' 'Moesha,' 'The Parkers,' 'Hawthorne,' 'The Conners' and 'This Is Us'

Why she might be annoying:

    She shares half of her name with the painter.
    She is typecast as queens, princesses, angels, FBI agents, doctors and teachers in most roles she lands in Hollywood.
    She has a very long confusing name.
    She went from starring in blockbuster movies like 'Coming to America' and 'Cheaper by the Dozen' films, to now starring in the cheesy 'Saints & Sinners' television series.
    She has one daughter that looks exactly like Rudy Huxtable. (Born 1990).
    She made a few guest appearances on her oldest daughter's TV show, titled 'Baldwin Hills' (2007-2009).
    She starred in the very long and boring biography television miniseries The Temptations movie back in 1998.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She will always be remembered as Eddie Murphy's arranged wife who barked like a dog on 1 foot in 'Coming to America' (1988).
    A lot of African-American women dress up like her Imani Izzi 'Coming to America,' character for Halloween.
    She admitted that she's an animal lover, owning poodles and maltese dogs.
    She shares the same exact birthday with Spike Lee.
    She played Angela Bassett's best friend and backup dancer in 'What's Love Got to Do with It' (1993).
    With her undeniable beauty in 'Coming to America,' she is very much well loved by the gay community, with transvestites dressing up like her Imani Izzi character often at gay parades.
    She started out beginning her career as a soap star.
    She attended Ohio University and Howard University with honors.
    While attending Howard University, she was also apart of the Alpha Kappa, Alpha Sorority during her college years.
    She studied dance with the legendary Alvin Ailey.
    She has the most beautiful mole on her upper right cheekbone.
    At age 52, she was diagnosed with DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ, which means the abnormal cells in the milk ducts have not fallen out into the tissue to invade the rest of the breast. It's stage zero of breast cancer.
    She had to use tissue from her stomach to reconstruct her breast, and explained all the details on an episode of TV One's 'Unsung.'
    In 2015, she explained in an magazine article that she was six years into being cancer-free from breast cancer, from which she was battling with from her early 50's.

Credit: Eddie Burphy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 292 Votes: 19.18% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 82 Votes: 34.15% Annoying