Claudette Burchett is the actress who plays Juanita on Empire. On the season 3 premiere of the series we saw Juanita welcome Anika Calhoun back into Lucious Lyon’s mansion. The episode featured everything we love about the series. I was shocked to find out that Rhonda died on the show. While I felt sorry for Andre, I was glad that Anika didn’t fall and lose her baby (Bella).
The season 3 premiere of Empire isn’t the first episode Juanita has appeared in. She was also seen in the following episodes: The Outspoken King, The Lyon Who Cried Wolf, Rise by Sin and Past Is Prologue. As Lucious’ housekeeper, she has seen it all. She watched Anika move out once Cookie was released from prison and she recently welcomed Calhoun, and baby Bella, into Lucious’ house.
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| Who Plays Juanita, The Maid, On Empire? Claudette Burchett |
We thought that Juanita’s days working for Lucious were over after she was fired by Lucious’ mother, Leah Walker. Lucious made sure she was allowed back into his mansion, where she has since returned. Leah’s other son, “Tariq the Freak” is back and we don’t like him! He tried to insult Cookie while he was at Lucious’ house for dinner.
While we hated seeing Anika and Lucious kiss, in front of Cookie, during dinner, we loved seeing Cookie’s boys defend her. When Tariq tried to call Cookie out Andre became a different person and most likely would have attacked Tariq if his family wasn’t around! I can’t wait until next Wednesday.