Grace Gealey
Born: July 26, 1984
Butler, PA
Born in Butler, PA, Gealey was raised in the Cayman Islands from the age of 2. She received her Bachelor’s in Theater Arts at the University of South Florida in Tampa and later attended the University of California in Irvine where she received her Master’s on Fine Arts in acting. Gealey moved to New York where she performed in the off-Broadway stage, including roles in Venus Flytrap: A Femme Noir Mystery Rent. In 2013, she performed in the Chicago productions of The Misanthrope and Tartuffe. Gealey was cast as Anika Calhoun in the Fox musical prime time soap opera, Empire opposite Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. The series debuted on January 7, 2015
