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Empire Cast and characters

Main cast

• Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and the CEO of Empire Entertainment, whose life begins to cave in around him after his past sins come back to haunt him following his being diagnosed with ALS.
• Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Lucious' outspoken ex-wife and mother of his three sons, who served a 17-year stretch in prison for drug dealing. She sees herself as the sacrificial lamb for Empire, which she built with Lucious, but then took the fall for when she was arrested for running the drugs that financed Lucious' early career.
• Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, the eldest son of the Lyon family and CFO of Empire Entertainment. He is Wharton educated and power hungry and suffers from bipolar disorder. He is also married to his college sweetheart, Rhonda.
• Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, the middle son and black sheep of the Lyon family, a talented, gay singer-songwriter who despises the corporate aspect of the music industry and is estranged from his homophobic father.
• Bryshere Y. Gray as Hakeem Lyon, the fame-obsessed youngest son and Lucious' favorite child, who is a hip hop star on the rise.
• Grace Gealey as Anika Calhoun, head of Empire Entertainment A&R and Lucious' fiance.
• Malik Yoba as Vernon Turner, Lucious' longtime friend and business partner, and chairman of Empire Entertainment.
• Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon, Andre's manipulative and power hungry wife.

Recurring cast

• Naomi Campbell as Camilla Marks, a fashion designer and one of Hakeem's older lovers.
• Rafael de La Fuente as Michael Sanchez, Jamal's ex-boyfriend.
• Nealla Gordon as Agent Harlow Carter, an FBI agent working with Cookie.
• Macy Gray as Tasha, Hakeem's older lover who exercises control over him.
• Damon Gupton as Detective Calvin Walker, a police detective investigating the murder of Lucious' driver.
• Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha Taylor, Cookie's assistant.
• Courtney Love as Elle Dallas, a multi platinum rockstar and Empire royal, who battles with drug addiction. She is in dire need of a comeback. 
• Judd Nelson as Billy Baretti, owner of Creedmoor Entertainment who oversaw the early years of Lucious' music career.
• Serayah McNeill as Tiana Brown, a bisexual artist at Empire Entertainment and Hakeem's girlfriend.
• Gabourey Sidibe as Becky Williams, executive assistant to Lucious at Empire Entertainment.
• Tasha Smith as Carol Hardaway, Cookie's younger sister from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Guest stars

• Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Dwayne "Puma" Robinson, a songwriter and old associate of Lucious and Cookie.
• Gladys Knight as herself
• Anthony Hamilton as himself
• Raven-Symoné as Olivia, a woman from Jamal's past who claims to be the mother of his child.
• Sway Calloway as himself
• Derek Luke as Malcolm DeVeaux, head of security at Empire Entertainment.