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

Sherri

Empire

Tamron Hall

The Gifted

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Harlem

Tales

The Blackening

All Movies (6)

• Wife Stalker2025 · as Piper
• The Retirement Plan2023 · as Hector
• The Blackening2023 · as Allison
• Bent2018 · as Kate
• Flash Before the Bang—
• One in a Million—

All TV Shows (8)

• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Harlem2021 · as Quinn Joseph
• Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices2020
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Gifted2017 · as Reeva Payge
• Tales2017 · as Edie
• Empire2015 · as Anika Calhoun
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?2013 · as Self