Grace Byers
July 26, 1984 (40 years old) in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Credits
- 2023 · The Retirement Plan as Hector
- 2023 · The Blackening as Allison
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Harlem as Quinn Joseph
- 2020 · Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Bent as Kate
- 2017 · The Gifted as Reeva Payge
- 2017 · Tales as Edie
- 2015 · Empire as Anika Gibbons
- 2013 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- Future · Flash Before the Bang as