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" .
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a daughter named Ella-Loren on October 8, 2016. The childs father is Nicholas J. Muscarella.
I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much. .
