Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye Listen1Listen2 was born on 16 September 1975 and is a Nigerian actress.
11 Facts About Toks Olagundoye
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Toks Olagundoye 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, Countless Cleo in Carmen Sandiego and Nanefua Pizza in Steven Universe.
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Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye was born on 16 September 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother.
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Toks Olagundoye received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College.
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Toks 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.
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Toks Olagundoye 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.
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In 2012 Toks 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.
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Toks Olagundoye 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.
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Toks Olagundoye joined the cast of ABC comedy-drama Castle in 2015 as a series regular in the role of Hayley Shipton.
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In 2019 Toks Olagundoye had a recurring role on the final season of Veep playing Senator Kemi Talbot.
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On May 16,2015, Toks Olagundoye married Sean Quinn, whom she met on Twitter, after several years of dating.