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 ser...
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Complete Filmography

Wife Stalker
2025
as Piper
Joanna's obsessive fantasy of a perfect life with Leo crumbles, leading to dire consequences. Her delusions of domestic harmony and eternal love are a...

The Retirement Plan
2023
as Hector
When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to the only person who can he...

The Blackening
2023
as Allison
Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street s...

Bent
2018
as Kate
On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agenc...
Flash Before the Bang
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The coming-of-age drama tells the true story of an all-deaf high school track & field team from the Oregon School for the Deaf. The team overcame disc...