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.
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Acting History
2025
Wife Stalker as Piper
2023The Retirement Plan as Hector
2023The Blackening as Allison
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2021Harlem as Quinn Joseph
2020Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018Bent as Kate
2017The Gifted as Reeva Payge
2017Tales as Edie
2015Empire as Anika Gibbons
2013Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
—Flash Before the Bang