Tika Sumpter

Euphemia LatiQue “Tika” Sumpter is a woman with enchanting beauty who has combine this with her talents and ingenuity to become a model, actress, producer and a TV personality.

Early Accomplishments

Her beauty was already evident growing up and she was in her high school cheerleader squad. She attended Marymount Manhattan College to study communications.

Starting off as a model, she appeared in ads for Liz Claiborne perfumes and for HP computers. 

She then began co-hosting Best Friend’s Date in 2004.

Best Known For

She starred in Sparkle (2012), as Angela in both Ride Along films, Get On Up in 2014, as Michelle Obama in Southside with You in 2016 and in The Old Man & the Gun in 2018.

From 2005 to 2011, she starred in 234 episodes of One Life to Live and is a regular in The Haves and the Have Nots from 2013 to date. 

She also had recurring roles in Gossip Girl and The Game in 2011-12.

Sexual Orientation

Tika is straight and has been engaged to actor Nicholas James Muscarella since December 2016 after dating for a year. 

She had previously been married to actor Hosea Chanchez in 2009 until their divorce in 2012 and had dated Drake in 2005.

Family

She is the daughter of Arthur Sumpter Sr. and Janice Acquista and she has a sister named Chauna Sumpter. She became a mother to Ella-Loren in 2016 whose father is Nicholas James.

Religion

Tika is widely noted to be a Christian and still upholds its values.

Worth To Know

Tika has won one award (CIFCC Award) and has been nominated for 3 others including NAACP Image Award, all for the film Southside with You which she also produced.

She starred in Nobody’s Fool in 2018 alongside Tiffany Haddish, Whoopi Goldberg and Omari Hardwick.