The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a method for driving the pixel circuit and a display device. A driving module of the pixel unit circuit includes a pixel compensation unit configured to transmit a read-control signal to the corresponding row of read-control line and transmit a gate drive-control signal to the gate drive circuit. The gate drive circuit is configured to, based on the gate drive-control signal, generate a plurality of gate drive signals, thereby controlling the rows of gate lines to be turned off in a reading period. One gate drive signal is corresponding to one row of gate line.