Tika Sumpter
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Tika Sumpter was born in New York and graduated from Marymount
Manhattan College. Sumpter began her career as model, before she landed
the role of "Layla Williamson" in ABC's daytime soap opera,
One Life to Live (1968)
(2005-2010, 2011).
After she left the soap, Sumpter won a recurring role in the CW series, Gossip Girl (2007), and appeared in the BET sitcom, The Game (2006). After supporting roles in the films, Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010), Salt (2010), What's Your Number? (2011) and Think Like a Man (2012), she was cast alongside Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston in the 2012 musical film, Sparkle (2012). In 2013, she was cast as vixen "Candace Young" in the OWN drama series, The Haves and the Have Nots (2013).
After she left the soap, Sumpter won a recurring role in the CW series, Gossip Girl (2007), and appeared in the BET sitcom, The Game (2006). After supporting roles in the films, Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010), Salt (2010), What's Your Number? (2011) and Think Like a Man (2012), she was cast alongside Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston in the 2012 musical film, Sparkle (2012). In 2013, she was cast as vixen "Candace Young" in the OWN drama series, The Haves and the Have Nots (2013).
2025 American Black Film Festival Honors Red Carpet
2025 American Black Film Festival Honors Red Carpet
Anthony Mackie, Keke Palmer, Aaron Pierre, and more walked the red carpet at the American Black Film Festival’s annual awards season gala.
