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'Preggers and promoting': Southside With You star Tika Sumpter reveals she is expecting as she shares snap of her bump

Published: 01:28 EST, 13 August 2016 | Updated: 09:29 EST, 13 August 2016

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Southside With You star Tika Sumpter has revealed she is going to be a first time mother, and continued to delight fans as she shared a stunning snap of her growing bump.

The 36-year-old shared with her Instagram followers that she is expecting by posting a photo of herself 'preggers and promoting' on Friday.

'Preggers and promoting w Legend. Happy and proud. #Southsidewithyou #Aug26th @johnlegend,' read the caption of one photo, taken alongside the executive producer of Southside With You, John Legend.

Baby on the way! Tika Sumpter announced on her Instagram account on Friday that she is expecting her first child

Though the photo did not show off her bump, Tika's happiness was evident.

A source told People that Tika is pregnant with a baby girl and is 'super happy.'

'Preggers and promoting': The Gossip Girl actress announced her pregnancy by sharing a photo of her on the promotional trail alongside Southside With You executive producer, John Legend, on Friday

During an interview on WUSA9, the actress revealed her little girl's due date is in October.

'I'm so excited,' she said as she stroked her bump while speaking of her pregnancy.

Tika has been busy on the promotional trail for her new film Southside With You.

Hard at work: Sumpter and Parker Sawyers star as a young Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in the upcoming film, Southside With You (pictured in an Instagram snap shared by Sumpter on Thursday)

The film focuses on the epic first date a 27-year-old Obama took his future First Lady on across the south side of Chicago in the summer of 1989

Parker Sawyers stars as a young Barack Obama.

Southside With You, which will be released on August 26, has been hotly anticipated since it premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Peachy keen! Sumpter dazzled in a gorgeous, summery pink dress at a Glamour event in West Hollywood in April

Tika has appeared in both the big screen and the small.

She starred as Raina Thorpe in Gossip Girl, Candace Young in The Haves and the Have Nots, and has appeared in films such as Think Like A Man and A Madea Christmas.

The actress hails from Queens in New York.

Highly anticipated: Southside With You, which will be released on August 26, has been hotly anticipated since it premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in January