Toks Olagundoye

• Name — Toks Olagundoye • Birth Name — Olatokunbo Susan Olasubomi Abeke Olagundoye • Born — 16 September 1975 • Birthplace — Lagos, Nigeria • Education — Smith College (BFA) • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — since 2000 • Children — 1

Olagundoye was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother. As a youth, she was educated in Nigeria, Switzerland, and England. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College.

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, 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.

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.

• 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 Grint • Adventure Time: Distant Lands — Dr. Caledonius (voice) — Episode: "Wizard City" • Kid Cosmic — Madame President (voice) • Arcane — Mel Medarda (voice) • 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" • 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) • 2025 — Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft — Taiwo, Penelope Stone (voices) — 2 episodes

• Year — Title — Voice role — Notes • 2014 — Game of Thrones — Beskha • 2017 — Middle-earth: Shadow of War — Carnán • 2018 — Artifact — Vanessa • 2022 — Saints Row — Commanding Officer Gwen • 2025 — League of Legends — Mel Medarda • 2026 — Deadlock (closed beta) — Calico