Lucious' oldest son in 'Empire', Andre Lyon (real name Trai Byers ) could be dating his ex-fiance, Anika Calhoun (real name Grace Gealey).. Anika Calhoun is an antagonist of the FOX musical/drama, Empire.She is an associate of Empire Records and ex-wife of Lucious Lyon and mother of Bella Lyon.. She is portrayed by Grace Gealey. They later have a fight in the season one finale, when confronting one another during a meeting to discuss a future hostile takeover of Empire.When Hakeem dissed Lucious publicly due to his newfound hatred of him after finding out he had Camilla extradited, Hakeem went to Creedmoor to discuss a label signing with Beretti, at which point both he and Anika hooked up, something Lucious witnessed, and then went to Hakeem's place and had sex, both simply doing it to get back at Lucious.
in Theater Arts. When Lucious proposes to her, she accepts happily, though her parents, especially her mother, are more hesitant, due to the fact that Lucious has been prone to committing acts of infidelity in the past. Andre Lyon drugged her causing her to hallucinate and see Rhonda. Sanskrit [ edit ] Anika or Anikha or Aneeka means graceful, brilliance or sweet-faced and is derived from the Sanskrit word Aneeka ( अनीक ), which literally means collection, group, mass, army, face, or appearance. Rhonda remebered that the culprit was wearing red and black high heel when she pushed her. In the season two finale, Lucious marries Anika in order to prevent her from testifying in court against him.A debutante hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana, Anika is the daughter of Dr. Stanley D. Calhoun and his wife Claire Marie.Anika's dislike of Cookie has increased steadily as the show progresses. The meaning of the name “Anika” is different in several languages, countries and cultures and has more than one possibly same or different meanings available.
"Empire" stars Andre Lyon and Anika Calhoun are family on-screen ... but off-screen the actors may be hooking up. They often refer to each other using profane language, and Cookie has taken to calling her "boo-boo kitty" Anika tries often to sabotage Cookie's endeavors, going so far as to even drug one of the artists that she is in charge of so that she is incapable of performing. Grace Byers, Actress: Empire. She discovers that her father lied about Lucious' ALS and signed an official document stating that nothing was wrong with him so that Empire could become public.
Personally appointed by Lucious Lyon for her unique ear and artistic sensibility, Anika helped launch the careers of artists on the Empire label. She is the current wife of Lucious Lyon and rival to his ex-wife, Cookie Lyon. Bella Lyon is the biological daughter of the late Anika Calhoun and her former step-son Hakeem Lyon.Bella was also the older half-sister of the late Princess Lyon and she is the older half-sister of Prince Lyon. Bella Lyon is the daughter of Hakeem Lyon and Anika Calhoun, the paternal half-sister of Prince Lyon and the late Princess Lyon, she's also Tiana Brown step-daughter.. History. However, when she discovers Lucious and Cookie in bed with one another, she feels betrayed. Anika trying to escape, but fake Rhonda keeps following.