Background
Gealey was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Cayman Islands from infancy.
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Grace Gealey
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University of South Florida.
Career
After moving to the United States, she received her bachelor"s degree in Theater Arts at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Gealey later attended the University of California, Irvine, where she received her Master’s of Fine Arts in acting. Gealey then moved to New York City where she performed Office-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.
During an interview on the daytime talk show, FABLife which aired on October 7, 2015, Gealey confirmed the news of her engagement to costar Trai Byers.
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