{{short description|Canadian actress}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Tenika Davis | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|16}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}} | years_active = 2006–present }}

'''Tenika Davis''' (born July 16, 1985) is a Canadian actress and model.

==Career== Tenika Davis started her career on ''Canada's Next Top Model''. She became the fifth eliminated in the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/realitytvdb/wiki/Tenika_Davis|title=Tenika Davis|website=Reality TV World|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref> She expanded into an acting career making appearances in ''Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings'' and ''Debug''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marcandrew.ca/celebrityplaylist/tenikadavis/|title=Tenika Davis' playlist|website=marcandrew.ca|last=Andrew|first=Marc|date=October 31, 2011|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zacharymule.com/wp/?p=2819|title=Debug|website=zacharymule|last=Tracy|first=Darren|date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> Davis was cast in a major recurring role as Petra Small in ''Jupiter's Legacy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/jupiters-legacy-tenika-davis-recur-netflix-series-superhero-mark-millar-1202591088/|title='Jupiter's Legacy': Tenika Davis To Recur In Netflix Series|website=Deadline|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=April 8, 2019|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref> Davis earned a starring role in ''Spartacus: House of Ashur'', as Neferet, renamed Achillia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/starzs-spartacus-house-of-ashur-is-bringing-the-arena-to-sdcc-2025/|title=STARZ's Spartacus: House of Ashur Is Bringing The Arena to SDCC 2025|website=Bleeding Cool|first=Ray|last=Flook|date=July 14, 2025|access-date=July 15, 2025|archive-date=July 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715024323/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/starzs-spartacus-house-of-ashur-is-bringing-the-arena-to-sdcc-2025/|url-status=live}}</ref> This show is a sequel to the ''Starz'' series ''Spartacus''. She is the first female gladiator in the series and is central to the plot.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2009 |''Saw VI'' |Irate Clinic Woman | |- | rowspan="2" |2011 |''Jumping the Broom'' |Lauren | |- |''Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings'' |Sara |Direct-to-video |- |2014 |''Debug'' |Prisoner | |- |2016 |''Adorn'' |Akua |Short film |- |2020 |''Perpetual Motion'' |Furia | |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2006 |''Canada's Next Top Model'' |Herself |Finished sixth place |- |2007 |''Da Kink in My Hair'' |Hot Girlfriend |Episode: "Rules are Made" |- | rowspan="2" |2009 |''Degrassi Goes Hollywood'' |Yvette |TV movie |- |''The Listener'' |Bartender |Episode: "Some Kinda Love" |- | rowspan="2" |2011 |''Skins'' |Jamazia |Episode: "Tony" |- |''Lost Girl'' |Selma |Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" |- |2012 |''Space Janitors'' |Fano Dasha |1 episode |- | rowspan="3" |2014 |''Murdoch Mysteries'' |Hattie Carter |Episode: "Murdoch in Ragtime" |- |''Beauty & the Beast'' |Margaret Sutter |Episode: "Redemption" |- |''The Listener'' |Wendy Rivers |Episode: "Zero Recall" |- | rowspan="2" |2015 |''The Book of Negroes'' |Sanu's Daughter |Miniseries |- |''19-2'' |Gloria Linarose |3 episodes |- |2017 |''Incorporated'' |Mira |2 episodes |- | rowspan="4" |2018 |''Private Eyes'' |Cynthia 'Cyn' Flores |Episode: "Kissing the Canvas" |- |''A Shoe Addict's Christmas'' |Lorna |TV movie |- |''Big Top Academy'' |Lucy Zolta |3 episodes |- |''Half UnTold'' |Zuri |TV Pilot |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''Jupiter's Legacy'' |Petra Small / The Flare II |Recurring |- |''Titans'' |Myrrha |Episode: "Souls" |- |2022 |''Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities'' |Mariana |Episode: "Dreams in the Witch House" |- |2025–26 |''Spartacus: House of Ashur'' |Neferet / Achillia |Main role<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/starzs-spartacus-house-of-ashur-is-bringing-the-arena-to-sdcc-2025/|title=STARZ's Spartacus: House of Ashur Is Bringing The Arena to SDCC 2025|website=Bleeding Cool|first=Ray|last=Flook|date=July 14, 2025|access-date=July 15, 2025|archive-date=July 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715024323/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/starzs-spartacus-house-of-ashur-is-bringing-the-arena-to-sdcc-2025/|url-status=live}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|2476500}}

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