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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 26, 1984
Place of Birth
Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Grace Lillis Gealey
- Grace Gealey
Grace Byers
0.8 Popularity
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
Credits
Wife Stalker
as Piper
2025
5.8
The Retirement Plan
as Hector
2023
6.0
The Blackening
as Allison
2023
5.9
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Harlem
as Quinn Joseph
2021
7.4
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
5.4
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Bent
as Kate
2018
5.2
The Gifted
as Reeva Payge
2017
7.6
Tales
as Edie
2017
6.5
Empire
as Anika Gibbons
2015
7.1
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
7.6
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Flash Before the Bang
N/A
0.0
🎬
One in a Million
N/A
0.0