Toks Olagundoye

Actress

Birthday September 16, 1975

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Lagos, Nigeria

Age 48 years old

Nationality Nigeria

Height 174 cm

#19504 Most Popular

1975

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye (born 16 September 1975) is a Nigerian actress.

She is known for her role as Hayley Shipton in Castle, Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the ABC TV sitcom The Neighbors, Mel Medarda in the animated Netflix series Arcane, Mrs. Beakley in DuckTales, Countless Cleo in Carmen Sandiego, Nanefua Pizza in Steven Universe, and Olivia Finch in the Paramount+ sitcom Frasier.

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye was born on 16 September 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother.

As a youth, she was educated in Nigeria, Switzerland, and England.

She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College.

2001

She appeared opposite Ruby Dee in an off-Broadway production Saint Lucy's Eyes in April 2001, and in 2005 she cofounded the theater company Three Chicks Theatre, which produced Andrea Lepcio's One Nation Under in 2008.

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, Come Back to Me, Absolute Trust and The Salon.

2002

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.

2012

In 2012 Olagundoye was cast as a series regular in the ABC comedy series The Neighbors, playing the part of Jackie Joyner-Kersee until the series was canceled after two seasons in 2014.

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.

2015

In 2015, Olagundoye joined the main cast for the final season of the ABC comedy-drama Castle, in the role of British former MI6 operative Hayley Shipton, who joins Castle's P.I. firm.

On May 16, 2015, Olagundoye married Sean Quinn, whom she met on Twitter, after several years of dating.

They have a son together.

2017

From 2017 to 2021, she voiced Bentina Beakley for the 2017 reboot of DuckTales.

2019

In 2019 Olagundoye had a recurring role on the final season of Veep playing Senator Kemi Talbot.

Olagundoye does the voice acting for Mel Medarda in Arcane: League of Legends (2021).

In 2021, she had a recurring role on the ABC series The Rookie, and in 2022 was cast as one of the leads in the ABC revival of L.A. Law.