In 2016, Bell Calloway was cast as lead character in the Bounce TV first prime time soap opera, "Saints & Sinners". She plays Lady Ella Johnson, the widow of pastor and manipulative "First Lady of the Church". Also in 2016, Bell Calloway co-starred as president Obama's future mother-in-law, Marian Shields Robinson, opposite Tika Sumpter as Michelle Obama, in the comedy-drama film "Southside with You", which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. She also guest starred on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" playing Arizona's Lawyer.