Tika Sumpter

Euphemia LatiQue Tika Sumpter born June 20 1980 is an American actress and producer Sumpter began her career as the host of Best Friends 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 Whats Your Number 2011 Sparkle2012 and A Madea Christmas 2013 From 2013 to 2021 Sumpter starred as Candace Young in the OWN primetime soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots During that time she starred in the action comedy film Ride Along2014 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 Nobodys 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 Mixedish She later starred as Maddie Wachowski in the actionadventure comedy film Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 its 2022 and 2024 sequel and she appeared in the spinoff show Knuckles Appeared in Gossip Girl Description above from the Wikipedia article Tika Sumpter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia