Grace Byers

Biography

Grace Byers, a Caymanian-American actress, was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to deaf parents and moved to the Cayman Islands at two years old before returning to the US at 18. She earned degrees in Theater Arts and Fine Arts from the University of South Florida and the University of California, Irvine, respectively. Byers is known for her role as Anika Calhoun in the Fox musical drama Empire and has appeared in films like The Blackening and Harlem.