Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye (; 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.Toks Olagundoye: Biography at TVGuide.com
Early life and education Olagundoye was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother.Toks Olagundoye at ABC MediaNet As a youth, she was educated in Nigeria, Switzerland, and England.Get To Know Toks at her official website She earned 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, 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 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,The Neighbors: First Look at ABC's New Alien Family Comedy , TVovermind.com, 15 May 2012.The Neighbors at ABC31 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. 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. 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.
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.
Personal life On May 16, 2015, Olagundoye married Sean Quinn, whom she met on Twitter, after several years of dating. Before and during the filming of the first season of the sequel Frasier, which premiered in 2023, Olagundoye underwent three lumpectomies, chemotherapy, and a double mastectomy to recover from triple-negative breast cancer.
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 Dorito-hibition! Danielle 2011 Most Wanted Operative Keel Come Back to Me Seritou Life Begins at Rewirement Nurse Short film 2012 A Beautiful Soul Theresa Whitaker Democracy at Work Meghan Oliver 2018 The Death of Superman Cat Grant (voice) Direct-to-video 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 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 film2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the UniverseFantasy Women, Campaign Worker, Female Students (voice)2026Batman: KnightfallShondra Kinsolving (voice)Direct-to-video
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" CSI: NY Reporter Episode: "Hide Sight" 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 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Ja Kyee Lrurt (voice) Episode: "Mr. Roboto" The Gifted Carla Jackson Episode: "eXposed" 2018 Modern Family Lucy Episode: "CHiPs and Salsa" Dirty John Paula Harding, ESQ. Episode: "Remember It Was Me" 2019 Carmen Sandiego Countess Cleo, various voices Recurring voice role Veep Kemi Talbot 5 episodes Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Julia 2 episodes 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 2021 The Rookie Professor Fiona Ryan 6 episodes Castlevania Zamfir (voice) 5 episodes Big Shot Terri GrintAdventure Time: Distant Lands Dr. Caledonius (voice) Episode: "Wizard City"Kid Cosmic Madame President (voice)Arcane Mel Medarda (voice) 2022We 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 JediGanitka (voice)Episode: "Life and Death" 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)2025Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Taiwo, Penelope Stone (voices) 2 episodes
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes2014Game of ThronesBeskha 2017Middle-earth: Shadow of WarCarnán 2018ArtifactVanessa 2022 Saints Row Commanding Officer Gwen 2025League of LegendsMel Medarda2026Deadlock (closed beta)Calico
See also
List of Yoruba people List of Nigerian actresses
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