The Have and the Have Nots’ actress Tika Sumpter will star as Bow’s mom, Alicia, on mixed-ish, and she’ll offer a younger take on Anne Deveare Smith’s Alicia on black-ish proper.
Sumpter was cast to star in the backdoor pilot, and will remain with the now-greenlit series.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that black-ish was casting actors to play Bow’s parents for a 1980s-set episode meant to be used as a backdoor pilot for the then-untitled spinoff.