Tika Sumpter is best known for her role as Maddie Wachowski in Sonic the Hedgehog, its 2022 sequel, and is set to appear in the upcoming spin-off show, Knuckles.
20 Facts About Tika Sumpter
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Tika Sumpter graduated from Longwood Senior High School in Middle Island, New York and studied at Marymount Manhattan College where she majored in communications.
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Tika Sumpter began her career as a model and appeared in commercials for Hewlett-Packard and Liz Claiborne's Curve fragrances.
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Tika Sumpter first appeared on-screen on July 15,2005, playing the role regularly through September 14,2010.
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In 2010, Tika Sumpter made her film debut in Stomp the Yard: Homecoming and briefly appeared in Salt.
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From January to May 2011, Tika Sumpter appeared in The CW teen drama series, Gossip Girl as Raina Thorpe.
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Tika Sumpter played singer Jason Derulo's girlfriend in the video for his song "It Girl".
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Tika Sumpter played Delores "Dee" Anderson in the musical-drama Sparkle, inspired by the story of The Supremes.
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Tika Sumpter is heard on the Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, and appears in the music video for "Celebrate".
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From May 2013 to July 2021, Tika Sumpter starred as Candace Young, a lead villainess, in the Oprah Winfrey Network soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots.
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In 2014, Tika Sumpter co-starred in Ride Along, opposite Kevin Hart and Ice Cube.
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Tika Sumpter reprised her role in the 2016 sequel Ride Along 2.
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Tika Sumpter played Yvonne Fair in Get On Up, the biographical drama film about James Brown.
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Tika Sumpter played a young Michelle Robinson in the film Southside with You, a biopic about the early romance between Barack and Michelle Obama.
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Tika Sumpter is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
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Tika Sumpter was inducted into the organization on July 10,2016, at the 67th annual Boule, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tika Sumpter appeared in An Acceptable Loss, a political thriller written and directed by Joe Chappelle, and in the comedy-drama film Nobody's Fool for Paramount Players.
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In 2019, Tika Sumpter was cast in the ABC comedy series Mixed-ish, a prequel spinoff of Black-ish, playing the role of Alicia, Rainbow's mother.
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On October 8,2016, Tika Sumpter gave birth to her daughter, Ella-Loren.
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In January 2017, Tika Sumpter announced that she was engaged to The Haves and the Have Nots co-star, Nicholas James.