Grace Byers
Actor
26 de julio de 1984 (41 años)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | Wife Stalker · as Piper |
| 2024 | Phoenix · as Katherine 'boz' Bosworth |
| 2023 | The Retirement Plan · as Hector |
| 2022 | The Blackening · as Allison |
| 2021 | Harlem · as Quinn Joseph |
| 2020 | |
| 2018 | Bent · as Kate |
| 2017 | The Gifted · as Reeva Payge |
| 2017 | Tales · as Edie |
| 2015 | The Inside Track: The Rise of Empire · as Anika Calhoun |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) · as Anika Calhoun |
| 2026 | Hairly Unique · as Self |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | The 47th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | The Meredith Vieira Show · as Self |
| 2013 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime · as Self |
| 2012 | Home & Family · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chew · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Dish Nation · as Self |
| 2010 | MasterChef (US) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Doctors · as Self |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider · as Self |
| 1997 | The View · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations · as Self |