Grace Byers
Acting
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.
Filmography 14
Movies (6)
Wife Stalker2025Piper
The Retirement Plan2023Hector
The Blackening2023Allison
Bent2018Kate- Flash Before the Bang
- One in a Million
Shows (8)
Sherri2022Self - Guest
Harlem2021Quinn Joseph
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices2020
Tamron Hall2019Self - Guest
The Gifted2017Reeva Payge
Tales2017Edie
Empire2015Anika Calhoun
Whose Line Is It Anyway?2013Self