Grace Byers
Acting
July 26, 1984 (42 years old)
Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
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Acting Credits
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 ser...
Known For
Filmography
Wife Stalker
2025
as Piper
6.6
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Hector
5.8
The Blackening
2023
as Allison
5.8
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
2.6
Harlem
2021
as Quinn Joseph
7.1
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
5.4
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
4.7
Bent
2018
as Kate
5.2
Tales
2017
as Edie
6.6
The Gifted
2017
as Reeva Payge
7.6
Empire
2015
as Anika Calhoun
7.1
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
as Self
7.7