Toks Olagundoye

{{Infobox person

|name = Toks Olagundoye

|image = Toks Olagundoye 2013.jpg

|caption = Olagundoye in 2013

|birth_name = Olatokunbo Susan Olasubomi Abeke Olagundoye

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|9|16|df=y}}

|birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

|death_date =

|death_place =

|education = Smith College (BFA)

|occupation = Actress

|years_active = 2000–present

|spouse = {{marriage|Sean Quinn|2015}}

|children = 1

}}

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye {{Audio|Yo-Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi.ogg|(listen)|help=no}} (born 16 September 1975) is a Nigerian actress known for playing Jackie Joyner-Kersee on The Neighbors, Hayley Shipton on Castle and Olivia Finch on Frasier. She also voices Nanefua Pizza on Steven Universe, Mrs. Beakley on DuckTales, Countess Cleo on Carmen Sandiego, Zamfir on Castlevania and Mel Medarda on Arcane.[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/toks-olagundoye/bio/379001 Toks Olagundoye: Biography] at TVGuide.com

Early life and education

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye was born on 16 September 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother.[http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=003512&type=olagundoye Toks Olagundoye] at ABC MediaNet As a youth, she was educated in Nigeria, Switzerland, and England.{{IMDb name|id=1252685|name=Toks Olagundoye}}[http://www.toksolagundoye.com/TOKS_OLAGUNDOYE/Get_To_Know_Toks.html Get To Know Toks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104004015/http://www.toksolagundoye.com/TOKS_OLAGUNDOYE/Get_To_Know_Toks.html |date=2012-11-04 }} at her official website She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College.

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,{{cite news|author1=Matthew Murray|title=Saint Lucy's Eyes Theatre Review by Matthew Murray|url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/4_12_01.html|accessdate=22 September 2015|agency=Matthew Murray|publisher=Talkin' Broadway.com, Inc.|date=2001-04-12|quote=Though the new play, Saint Lucy's Eyes, which opened last night,}} 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.

In 2012, Olagundoye was cast as a series regular in the ABC comedy series The Neighbors,[http://www.tvovermind.com/the-neighbors/the-neighbors-first-look-at-abcs-new-alien-family-comedy/ The Neighbors: First Look at ABC's New Alien Family Comedy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112204041/http://www.tvovermind.com/the-neighbors/the-neighbors-first-look-at-abcs-new-alien-family-comedy |date=2017-01-12 }}, TVovermind.com, 15 May 2012.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Pilot Castings: Four In Dan Fogelman Comedy, Jeff Eastin Drama Adds One|url=https://deadline.com/2011/12/pilot-castings-four-cast-in-don-fogelman-comedy-jeff-eastin-drama-adds-one-203779/|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=PMC|date=December 11, 2011|access-date=July 30, 2012}}[http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-neighbors The Neighbors] at ABC[http://www.zimbio.com/31+Fresh+Faces+of+Fall+TV+2012/articles/tVIcH0Rx34Y/Toks+Olagundoye+The+Neighbors 31 Fresh Faces of Fall TV 2012], Zimbio.com playing the part of Jackie Joyner-Kersee until the series was canceled after two seasons in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-cancels-neighbors-702637|title=ABC Cancels 'The Neighbors'|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=May 9, 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.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/toks-olagundoye-joins-nbc-pilot-feed-me-jobeth-williams-in-your-family-or-mine-705711/|title=Toks Olagundoye Joins NBC Pilot 'Feed Me', JoBeth Williams In 'Your Family Or Mine' - Deadline|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=28 March 2014 |access-date=7 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/neighbors-actress-joins-amazon-comedy-737976|title='The Neighbors' Actress Joins Amazon Comedy Pilot (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=3 October 2014 |accessdate=7 July 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/castle-season-8-toks-olagundoye-807007|title='Castle' Enlists 'Neighbors' Favorite as Regular for Season 8|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 July 2015 |accessdate=7 July 2015}}

From 2017 to 2021, 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. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/la-law-toks-olagundoye-hari-nef-ian-duff-cast-abc-revival-pilot-1234914962/|title='L.A. Law': Toks Olagundoye, Hari Nef & Ian Duff Join ABC Revival Pilot|first1=Nellie|last1=Andreeva|date=January 19, 2022}}

Personal life

On May 16, 2015, Olagundoye married Sean Quinn, whom she met on Twitter, after several years of dating.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/castles-toks-olagundoye-5-things-to-know/|work =People|date=November 21, 2015|title=Castle's Toks Olagundoye: 5 Things to Know|first=Patrick|last=Gomez|accessdate=February 26, 2019}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2002 \| Brown Sugar \| Sidney's LA Assistant \|
2005 \| The Salon \| Peaches \|
2009 \| Absolute Trust \| Kelly \|
rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| Mom Squad \| Mom \| rowspan="2" \| Short film
Dorito-hibition! \| Danielle
rowspan="3" \| 2011 \| Most Wanted \| Operative Keel \|
Come Back to Me \| Seritou \|
Life Begins at Rewirement \| Nurse \| Short film
rowspan="2" \| 2012 \| A Beautiful Soul \| Theresa Whitaker \|
Democracy at Work \| Meghan Oliver \|
rowspan="3" \| 2018 \| The Death of Superman \| Cat Grant (voice) \| Direct-to-video{{cite web \|title=Toks Olagundoye (visual voices guide) \|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Toks-Olagundoye/ \|access-date=February 19, 2024 \|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
Dog Days \| Nina \|
Tremors \| Jessica Florence \| Television film
rowspan="2" \| 2019 \| Reign of the Supermen \| Cat Grant (voice) \| Direct-to-video
Steven Universe: The Movie \| Nanefua Pizza (voice) \| Television film
2022 \| Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie \| Krang Two, Window Woman (voice) \| Television film
2022 \|Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe \|Fantasy Women, Campaign Worker, Female Students \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

| Brown Sugar

| Sidney's LA Assistant

2005

| The Salon

| Peaches

2009

| Absolute Trust

| Kelly

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Mom Squad

| Mom

| rowspan="2" | Short film

Dorito-hibition!

| Danielle

rowspan="3" | 2011

| Most Wanted

| Operative Keel

Come Back to Me

| Seritou

Life Begins at Rewirement

| Nurse

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2012

| A Beautiful Soul

| Theresa Whitaker

Democracy at Work

| Meghan Oliver

rowspan="3" | 2018

| The Death of Superman

| Cat Grant (voice)

| Direct-to-video{{cite web |title=Toks Olagundoye (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Toks-Olagundoye/ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

Dog Days

| Nina

Tremors

| Jessica Florence

| Television film

rowspan="2" | 2019

| Reign of the Supermen

| Cat Grant (voice)

| Direct-to-video

Steven Universe: The Movie

| Nanefua Pizza (voice)

| Television film

2022

| Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

| Krang Two, Window Woman (voice)

| Television film

2022

|Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

|Fantasy Women, Campaign Worker, Female Students

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| 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"
rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| Law & Order \| Claire \| Episode: "Blackmail"
CSI: NY \| Reporter \| Episode: "Hide Sight"
rowspan="3" \| 2011 \| Switched at Birth \| Cooking Class Teacher \| Episode: "The Persistence of Memory"
NCIS \| Rebeka Hooper \| Episode: "Safe Harbor"
Prime Suspect \| Lucy Martin \| Episode: "Wednesday's Child"
2012–2014 \| The Neighbors \| Jackie Joyner-Kersee \| 44 episodes
2014–2019 \| Steven Universe \| Nanefua, Cluster (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
rowspan="2" \| 2017 \| Guardians of the Galaxy \| Ja Kyee Lrurt (voice) \| Episode: "Mr. Roboto"
The Gifted \| Carla Jackson \| Episode: "eXposed"
rowspan="2" \| 2018 \| Modern Family \| Lucy \| Episode: "CHiPs and Salsa"
Dirty John \| Paula Harding, ESQ. \| Episode: "Remember It Was Me"
rowspan="3" \| 2019 \| Carmen Sandiego \| Countess Cleo, various voices \| Recurring voice role
Veep \| Kemi Talbot \| 5 episodes
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend \| Julia \| 2 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 2020 \| Cleopatra in Space \| Commodore Winifred \| Episode: "Parasites"
Shameless \| Chicago P.D. Sgt. Leesie Janes \| Season 11, Episodes: "Frances Francis Franny Frank" and "NIMBY", "Slaughter"
2020, 2022 \| Star Trek: Lower Decks \| Captain Amina Ramsey \| 2 episodes
rowspan="6" \| 2021 \| The Rookie \| Professor Fiona Ryan \| 6 episodes
Castlevania \| Zamfir (voice) \| rowspan="2" \| 5 episodes
Big Shot \| Terri Grint
Adventure Time: Distant Lands \| Dr. Caledonius (voice) \| Episode: "Wizard City"{{Cite web\|date=2019-07-01\|title=Friday\|url=https://www.comic-con.org/cci/friday\|access-date=2021-07-09\|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego\|language=en}}
Kid Cosmic \| Madame President (voice) \|
Arcane \| Mel Medarda (voice) \|
rowspan="5" \| 2022 \|We Baby Bears \| Lady Lima (voice) \| 2 episodes
Cars on the Road \| Margaret Motorray, Chiefess, Additional voices \|
Beavis and Butt-Head \| Marcie Anderson (voice) \| Episode: "The Good Deed"
Family Guy \| Auctioneer (voice) \| Episode: "The Stewaway"
Tales of the Jedi \|Ganitka (voice) \|Episode: "Life and Death"
rowspan="2" \| 2023 \| The Legend of Vox Machina \| Devana Vessar (voice) \|Episode: "Echo Tree"
Fatal Attraction \| Conchita Lewis \| Main role (5 episodes)
2023–2024 \| Frasier \| Olivia Finch \| Main role (20 episodes){{Cite web \|last=Andreeva \|first=Nellie\|date=1 February 2023\|title='Frasier': Toks Olagundoye Joins Paramount+ Sequel Series \|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/frasier-toks-olagundoye-paramount-sequel-series-kelsey-grammer-1235246471/ \|access-date=1 February 2023 \|website=Deadline Hollywood}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | 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"

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Law & Order

| Claire

| Episode: "Blackmail"

CSI: NY

| Reporter

| Episode: "Hide Sight"

rowspan="3" | 2011

| Switched at Birth

| Cooking Class Teacher

| Episode: "The Persistence of Memory"

NCIS

| Rebeka Hooper

| Episode: "Safe Harbor"

Prime Suspect

| Lucy Martin

| Episode: "Wednesday's Child"

2012–2014

| The Neighbors

| Jackie Joyner-Kersee

| 44 episodes

2014–2019

| Steven Universe

| Nanefua, Cluster (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

rowspan="2" | 2017

| Guardians of the Galaxy

| Ja Kyee Lrurt (voice)

| Episode: "Mr. Roboto"

The Gifted

| Carla Jackson

| Episode: "eXposed"

rowspan="2" | 2018

| Modern Family

| Lucy

| Episode: "CHiPs and Salsa"

Dirty John

| Paula Harding, ESQ.

| Episode: "Remember It Was Me"

rowspan="3" | 2019

| Carmen Sandiego

| Countess Cleo, various voices

| Recurring voice role

Veep

| Kemi Talbot

| 5 episodes

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

| Julia

| 2 episodes

rowspan="2" | 2020

| Cleopatra in Space

| Commodore Winifred

| Episode: "Parasites"

Shameless

| Chicago P.D. Sgt. Leesie Janes

| Season 11, Episodes: "Frances Francis Franny Frank" and "NIMBY", "Slaughter"

2020, 2022

| Star Trek: Lower Decks

| Captain Amina Ramsey

| 2 episodes

rowspan="6" | 2021

| The Rookie

| Professor Fiona Ryan

| 6 episodes

Castlevania

| Zamfir (voice)

| rowspan="2" | 5 episodes

Big Shot

| Terri Grint

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

| Dr. Caledonius (voice)

| Episode: "Wizard City"{{Cite web|date=2019-07-01|title=Friday|url=https://www.comic-con.org/cci/friday|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego|language=en}}

Kid Cosmic

| Madame President (voice)

Arcane

| Mel Medarda (voice)

rowspan="5" | 2022

|We Baby Bears

| Lady Lima (voice)

| 2 episodes

Cars on the Road

| Margaret Motorray, Chiefess, Additional voices

Beavis and Butt-Head

| Marcie Anderson (voice)

| Episode: "The Good Deed"

Family Guy

| Auctioneer (voice)

| Episode: "The Stewaway"

Tales of the Jedi

|Ganitka (voice)

|Episode: "Life and Death"

rowspan="2" | 2023

| The Legend of Vox Machina

| Devana Vessar (voice)

|Episode: "Echo Tree"

Fatal Attraction

| Conchita Lewis

| Main role (5 episodes)

2023–2024

| Frasier

| Olivia Finch

| Main role (20 episodes){{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie|date=1 February 2023|title='Frasier': Toks Olagundoye Joins Paramount+ Sequel Series |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/frasier-toks-olagundoye-paramount-sequel-series-kelsey-grammer-1235246471/ |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

=Video games=

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Voice role ! scope="col" \| Notes
2014 \|Game of Thrones \|Beskha \|
2017 \|Middle-earth: Shadow of War \|Carnán \|
2018 \|Artifact \|Vanessa \|
2025 \|League of Legends \|Mel Medarda \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Voice role

! scope="col" | Notes

2014

|Game of Thrones

|Beskha

2017

|Middle-earth: Shadow of War

|Carnán

2018