Euphemia LatiQueย "Tika" Sumpterย (born June 20, 1980)ย is an American actress and producer. Sumpter began her career as the host ofย Best Friend's Date. From 2005 to 2010, she appeared in the daytime soap operaย One Life to Live. In 2010, she made her film debut inย Stomp the Yard: Homecomingย and later featured in supporting roles forย What's Your Number?ย (2011),ย Sparkle(2012), andย A Madea Christmasย (2013).
From 2013 to 2021, Sumpter starred as Candace Young in theย OWNย prime-time soap operaย The Haves and the Have Nots. During that time, she starred in the action comedy filmย Ride Along(2014) and its sequelย Ride Along 2ย (2016), the biographical dramaย Get On Upย (2014), the crime dramaย The Old Man & the Gunย (2018), and the romantic comedyย Nobody's Foolย (2018). In 2016, she produced and starred asย Michelle Robinson Obamaย in the biographical romantic drama filmย Southside with You, receivingย the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture nomination. From 2019 to 2021, she starred in the ABC comedy series,ย Mixed-ish. She later starred asย Maddie Wachowskiย in the action-adventure comedy filmย Sonic the Hedgehogย (2020), itsย 2022 andย 2024 sequel, and she appeared in the spin-off showย Knuckles. Appeared in Gossip Girl.
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