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

The Retirement Plan
The Retirement Plan
The Blackening
The Blackening
Bent
Bent
Wife Stalker
Wife Stalker

Filmography

2025 Wife Stalker
as Piper
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
---- Flash Before the Bang
as