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.
If I was in a HORROR Film (feat. Grace Byers)
VideoKnown For
TV
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
2013
TV
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
TV
The Gifted
Reeva Payge
2017
TV
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
TV
Empire
Anika Calhoun
2015
TV
Harlem
Quinn Joseph
2021
Film
The Retirement Plan
Hector
2023
TV
Tales
Edie
2017
Film
Bent
Kate
2018
Film
The Blackening
Allison
2023
Film
Flash Before the Bang
Film
One in a Million
TV
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
Film
Wife Stalker
Piper
2025
Filmography
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