Toks Olagundoye

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Toks Olagundoye
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Born
Olatokunbo Susan Olasubomi Abeke Olagundoye

(1975-09-16) 16 September 1975 (age 46)
Lagos, Nigeria
EducationSmith College
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse(s)
Sean Quinn
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(m. 2015)​
Children1

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye (born 16 September 1975)[1] is a Nigerian actress.[1] She is known for her role as Hayley Shipton in Castle and Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the ABC TV sitcom The Neighbors.

Early life[]

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye was born on 16 September 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother.[2] As a youth, she was educated in Nigeria, Switzerland, and England.[3][4] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College.[4]

Career[]

Olagundoye made her screen debuts on both TV and the big screen in 2002; in an episode of the television series The Education of Max Bickford; and in the film Brown Sugar later that same year. She appeared opposite Ruby Dee in an off-Broadway production Saint Lucy's Eyes in April 2001,[5] and in 2005 she cofounded the theater company Three Chicks Theatre, which produced Andrea Lepcio's One Nation Under in 2008.[1] Olagundoye has guest-starred on Ugly Betty, Law & Order, CSI: NY, Switched at Birth, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Prime Suspect. Her film credits include A Beautiful Soul, , Absolute Trust and The Salon.

In 2012 Olagundoye was cast as a series regular in the ABC comedy series The Neighbors,[6][7][8][9] playing the part of Jackie Joyner-Kersee until the series was canceled after two seasons in 2014.[10] She later had starring roles in the two television pilots: Feed Me, opposite Mary-Louise Parker for NBC; and Amazon's Salem Rogers, co-starring with Leslie Bibb.[11][12] Olagundoye joined the cast of ABC comedy-drama Castle in 2015 as a series regular in the role of Hayley Shipton.[13]

From 2017 to 2020, she voiced Bentina Beakley for the 2017 reboot of DuckTales. In 2019 Olagundoye had a recurring role on the final season of Veep playing Senator Kemi Talbot.

Personal life[]

On May 16, 2015, Olagundoye married Sean Quinn, whom she met on Twitter, after several years of dating. They have a son together.[14]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Brown Sugar Sidney's LA Assistant
2005 The Salon Peaches
2009 Absolute Trust Kelly
2010 Mom Squad Mom Short film
2010 Dorito-hibition! Danielle Short film
2011 Most Wanted Operative Keel
2011 Come Back to Me Seritou
2011 Life Begins at Rewirement Nurse Short film
2012 A Beautiful Soul Theresa Whitaker
2012 Democracy at Work Meghan Oliver
2018 The Death of Superman Cat Grant (voice) Direct-to-video
2018 Dog Days Nina
2018 Tremors Jessica Florence Television film
2019 Reign of the Supermen Cat Grant (voice) Direct-to-video
2019 Steven Universe: The Movie Nanefua Pizza (voice) Television film

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Hannah Episode: "An Open Book"
2004 Law & Order Janette Gardner Episode: "C.O.D."
2006 3 lbs Mary Episode: "Of Two Minds"
2008 Ugly Betty Sales Girl Episode: "Bad Amanda"
2010 Law & Order Claire Episode: "Blackmail"
2010 CSI: NY Reporter Episode: "Hide Sight"
2011 Switched at Birth Cooking Class Teacher Episode: "The Persistence of Memory"
2011 NCIS Rebeka Hooper Episode: "Safe Harbor"
2011 Prime Suspect Lucy Martin Episode: "Wednesday's Child"
2012–2014 The Neighbors Jackie Joyner-Kersee 44 episodes
2014–2019 Steven Universe Nanefua (voice) 5 episodes
2015 The Fosters Faith Episodes: "More Than Words", "Lucky"
2015–2016 Castle Hayley Shipton 13 episodes
2016 Vixen Mari's Mother, News Reporter (voices) 2 episodes
2017–2021 DuckTales Mrs. Beakley, Server (voices) Main role
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Ja Kyee Lrurt (voice) Episode: "Mr. Roboto"
2017 The Gifted Carla Jackson Episode: "eXposed"
2018 Modern Family Lucy Episode: "CHiPs and Salsa"
2018 Dirty John Episode: "Remember It Was Me"
2019 Carmen Sandiego Countess Cleo, The Driver Recurring voice role
2019 Veep Kemi Talbot 5 episodes
2019 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Julia 2 episodes
2020 Cleopatra in Space Commodore Winifred Episode: "Parasites"
2020 Star Trek: Lower Decks Captain Amina Ramsey Episode: "Much Ado About Boimler"
2021 The Rookie Professor Fiona Ryan 6 episodes
2021 Castlevania Zamfir (voice) 5 episodes
2021 Big Shot Terri Grint 5 episodes
2021 Adventure Time: Distant Lands Dr. Caledonius Episode: "Wizard City"[15]
2021 Kid Cosmic Madame President

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Game of Thrones Beskha Voice
2017 Middle-earth: Shadow of War Carnán Voice
2018 Artifact (video game) Vanessa Voice

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Toks Olagundoye: Biography at TVGuide.com
  2. ^ Toks Olagundoye at ABC MediaNet
  3. ^ Toks Olagundoye at IMDb
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Get To Know Toks Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine at her official website
  5. ^ Matthew Murray (2001-04-12). "Saint Lucy's Eyes Theatre Review by Matthew Murray". Talkin' Broadway.com, Inc. Matthew Murray. Retrieved 22 September 2015. Though the new play, Saint Lucy's Eyes, which opened last night,
  6. ^ The Neighbors: First Look at ABC's New Alien Family Comedy, TVovermind.com, 15 May 2012.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 11, 2011). "Pilot Castings: Four In Dan Fogelman Comedy, Jeff Eastin Drama Adds One". Deadline.com. PMC. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  8. ^ The Neighbors at ABC
  9. ^ 31 Fresh Faces of Fall TV 2012, Zimbio.com
  10. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 9, 2014). "ABC Cancels 'The Neighbors'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  11. ^ Nellie Andreeva. "Toks Olagundoye Joins NBC Pilot 'Feed Me', JoBeth Williams In 'Your Family Or Mine' - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  12. ^ "'The Neighbors' Actress Joins Amazon Comedy Pilot (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  13. ^ "'Castle' Enlists 'Neighbors' Favorite as Regular for Season 8". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  14. ^ Gomez, Patrick (November 21, 2015). "Castle's Toks Olagundoye: 5 Things to Know". People. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  15. ^ "Friday". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2021-07-09.

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