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Grace Byers
Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
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 Ci…
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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.
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2025
Wife Stalker
Movie Piper
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2023
The Retirement Plan
Movie Hector
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2023
The Blackening
Movie Allison
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Harlem
TV show Quinn Joseph
- 2020
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
Bent
Movie Kate
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2017
The Gifted
TV show Reeva Payge
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2017
Tales
TV show Edie
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2015
Empire
TV show Anika Calhoun
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2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV show Self
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Flash Before the Bang
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One in a Million
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