Tichina Arnold is set to co-host the ‘Super Bowl Soulful Celebration 25th Anniversary’ with Cedric the Entertainer. Get to know her only 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 below.
Tichina Arnold, 54, is an actress who began her career as a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 in 80s classic Little Shop of Horrors. Her career extended into adulthood, and she’d subsequently secure roles in major studio films including Big Momma’s House, Wild Hogs, Drillbit Taylor, The Main Event, and So Fly Christmas, among many others.
She’s also been prolific on the small screen, with TV roles beginning in 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥hood in Sesame Street and following through to The Jamie Foxx show, Soul Train, The Cosby Show, Punk’d, Everybody Hates Chris, and many, many more. Early in her career, a 1988 Daytime Emmy nomination for her role in Ryan’s Hope was just a hint of things to come. Tichina took home Image Awards in 1996 for her role in Martin, and in 2007 for her role in Everybody Hates Chris. She’s set to co-host the Super Bowl Soulful Celebration 25th Anniversary with her co-star from The Neighborhood, Cedric the Entertainer. It’s airing on Saturday, February 10th on CBS.
When she’s not racking up acting credits, Tichina happily takes on the role of mother to her one daughter, Alijah Kai Haggins. Here’s everything to know about Kai.
Alijah Kai is Tichina’s daughter, her only 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 on March 16, 2004. Alijah is currently 19 years old, and she lists Los Angeles and Atlanta as her places of residence. Her father is music producer Carvin Haggins, who dated her mother from 2002-2007. In an interview with the late Joan Rivers, Tichina admitted that she thought she’d never be able to conceive 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren due to a battle with endometriosis.
During her interview with Joan, she shared the meaning of the name Alijah Kai. “So it’s ‘powerful god,’” she explained, hilariously adding that she “wears my a** out.” But even with the difficulties of parenting, she shared that having her daughter has been her most cherished achievement in life. “My greatest triumph: having my daughter,” she said in a 2016 interview with Black Enterprise.
