Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 26, 1984
Place of Birth:
Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
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Grace Byers
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wife Stalker | Piper |
| 2023 | The Retirement Plan | Hector |
| 2023 | The Blackening | Allison |
| 2018 | Bent | Kate |
| Flash Before the Bang |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2021 | Harlem | Quinn Joseph |
| 2020 | Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices | |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Tales | Edie |
| 2017 | The Gifted | Reeva Payge |
| 2015 | Empire | Anika Gibbons |
| 2013 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self |