Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter

Known for
Acting
Born
June 20, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Euphemia LatiQue "Tika" Sumpter (born June 20, 1980) is an American actress and producer. Sumpter began her career as the host of Best Friend's Date. From 2005 to 2010, she appeared in the daytime soap opera One Life to Live. In 2010, she made her film debut in Stomp the Yard: Homecoming and later featured in supporting roles for What's Your Number? (2011), Sparkle(2012), and A Madea Christmas (2013). From 2013 to 2021, Sumpter starred as Candace Young in the OWN prime-time soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots. During that time, she starred in the action comedy film Ride Along(2014) and its sequel Ride Along 2 (2016), the biographical drama Get On Up (2014), the crime drama The Old Man & the Gun (2018), and the romantic comedy Nobody's Fool (2018). In 2016, she produced and starred as Michelle Robinson Obama in the biographical romantic drama film Southside with You, receiving the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture nomination. From 2019 to 2021, she starred in the ABC comedy series, Mixed-ish. She later starred as Maddie Wachowski in the action-adventure comedy film Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), its 2022 and 2024 sequel, and she appeared in the spin-off show Knuckles. Appeared in Gossip Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tika Sumpter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Sisters in Italy

Sisters in Italy

Movie · as Billie

2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Movie · as Maddie Wachowski

2026
ChikaBOOM!!

ChikaBOOM!!

Movie

2025
Watson poster

Watson

TV · as Dr. Laila Bynum · 6 eps

2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Movie · as Maddie

2024
The Underdoggs poster

The Underdoggs

Movie · as Cherise

2024
Knuckles poster

Knuckles

TV · as Maddie Wachowski · 1 ep

2023
Survival of the Thickest poster

Survival of the Thickest

TV · as Simone · 5 eps

2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Movie · as Maddie Wachowski

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
Sonic the Hedgehog poster

Sonic the Hedgehog

Movie · as Maddie Wachowski

2019
An Acceptable Loss poster

An Acceptable Loss

Movie · as Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm

2019
The Nomads poster

The Nomads

Movie · as Cassey McNamara

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2019
mixed-ish poster

mixed-ish

TV · as Alicia Johnson · 36 eps

2018
The Old Man & the Gun poster

The Old Man & the Gun

Movie · as Maureen

2018
Nobody's Fool poster

Nobody's Fool

Movie · as Danica

2018
Final Space poster

Final Space

TV · as Quinn / Nightfall (voice) · 36 eps

2016
Southside with You poster

Southside with You

Movie · as Michelle Robinson

2016
Ride Along 2 poster

Ride Along 2

Movie · as Angela Payton

2015
Bessie poster

Bessie

Movie · as Lucille

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Ride Along poster

Ride Along

Movie · as Angela

2014
Get On Up poster

Get On Up

Movie · as Yvonne Fair

2014
My Man Is a Loser poster

My Man Is a Loser

Movie · as Clarissa

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
A Madea Christmas poster

A Madea Christmas

Movie · as Lacey

2013
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots poster

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots

TV · as Candace Young · 198 eps

2012
Sparkle poster

Sparkle

Movie · as Delores

2012
Think Like a Man poster

Think Like a Man

Movie · as Dominic's Girlfriend

2012
Steve Harvey poster

Steve Harvey

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
What's Your Number? poster

What's Your Number?

Movie · as Jamie

2010
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming poster

Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming

Movie · as Nikki

2010
Salt poster

Salt

Movie · as Front Deskwoman

2007
Gossip Girl poster

Gossip Girl

TV · as Raina Thorpe · 11 eps

2004
Best Friend's Date

Best Friend's Date

TV · 11 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Vegas · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep