Grace Greenleaf

Grace Greenleaf is the main protagonist of the series Greenleaf on OWN Network, and the eldest daughter of James and Mae Greenleaf. She is the former response pastor of Calvary World Ministries in Memphis, TN who started a church group for the victims of sexual abuse. She is the ex-girlfriend of Ray Fisher, to which she has a daughter with named Sophia Greenleaf.

She returns to home 20 years after leaving the family when her sister Faith "mysteriously dies". It is later indicated that she committed suicide. She later stays to investigate her sister's death and the cover-ups of the rape incidents of several adolescent/teen girls in Memphis.

Early Life
In Silence and Loneliness (Season 2, Episode 13) it is revealed that Grace was almost raped by Uncle Mac before he started abusing Faith. When Grace was little, Uncle Mac told her about an old Civil War relic that was on the property and she said "He made it sound so cool, so I went with him." Grace then tells Darius that she fought him off before he could go any further.

Before she left Memphis, she was a critically acclaimed pastor and was a singer in a gospel group called Mystique. Grace, Faith, Charity, and Pastor Rebecca would perform at various churches in the Memphis area. This changed when Faith was being sexually abused and Grace left for Northwestern University (mentioned sometime in Season 2)

Jamila Thompson
Jamila Thompson was casted as Young Grace in the episode Revival. Before being on Greenleaf, she was on House of Payne, Rebecca Hawthorne on Teen Wolf, and KiKi in Being Mary Jane.