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Tika Sumpter

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Tika Sumpter

Born June 20, 1980 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA23 films

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).

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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.

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Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. TBASisters in ItalyBillie
  2. 2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4Maddie Wachowski
  3. 2026ChikaBOOM!!
  4. 2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3Maddie
  5. 2024The UnderdoggsCherise
  6. 2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2Maddie Wachowski
  7. 2020Sonic the HedgehogMaddie Wachowski
  8. 2019The NomadsCassey McNamara
  9. 2019An Acceptable LossElizabeth "Libby" Lamm
  10. 2018Nobody's FoolDanica
  11. 2018The Old Man & the GunMaureen
  12. 2016Southside with YouMichelle Robinson
  13. 2016Ride Along 2Angela Payton
  14. 2015BessieLucille
  15. 2014Get On UpYvonne Fair
  16. 2014My Man Is a LoserClarissa
  17. 2014Ride AlongAngela
  18. 2013A Madea ChristmasLacey
  19. 2012SparkleDelores
  20. 2012Think Like a ManDominic's Girlfriend
  21. 2011What's Your Number?Jamie
  22. 2010Stomp the Yard 2: HomecomingNikki
  23. 2010SaltFront Deskwoman