Person
Grace Byers
Acting · Born 1984-07-26 · Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Grace Byers (née Gealey; born July 26, 1984) is an American actress, known for her role as Anika Calhoun in the Fox music-industry drama, Empire. Gealey then moved to New York City, where she performed Off-Broadway, including in Venus Flytrap: A Femme Noir Mystery, and Rent. In 2013, she performed in the Chicago productions of The Misanthrope and Tartuffe. In 2014, Gealey was cast as Anika Calhoun in the Fox musical prime time drama, Empire opposite Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. The series debuted on January 7, 2015.
Known for
Sherri
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
Empire
Anika Calhoun
The Gifted
Reeva Payge
Harlem
Quinn Joseph
Tales
Edie
The Retirement Plan
Hector
Bent
Kate
The Blackening
Allison
Filmography
- 2025Wife StalkerPiper
- 2023The Retirement PlanHector
- 2023The BlackeningAllison
- 2022SherriSelf - Guest
- 2021HarlemQuinn Joseph
- 2020Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
- 2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
- 2018BentKate
- 2017The GiftedReeva Payge
- 2017TalesEdie
- 2015EmpireAnika Calhoun
- 2013Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self
- —Flash Before the Bang
- —One in a Million
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