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Toks Olagundoye
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| Toks Olagundoye | |
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| Born | Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye 16 September 1975 (age 45) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Education | Smith College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sean Quinn (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye (born 16 September 1975)[1] is a Nigerian actress.[1] She is known for her role as Hayley Shipton in Castle and Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the ABC TV sitcom The Neighbors.
Early life[edit]
Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father.[2] As a youth, she was educated in Nigeria, Switzerland, and England.[3][4] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College.[4]Career[edit]
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,[5] and in 2005 she cofounded the theater company Three Chicks Theatre, which produced Andrea Lepcio's One Nation Under in 2008.[1] 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,[6][7][8][9] playing the part of Jackie Joyner-Kersee until the series was canceled after two seasons in 2014.[10] 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.[11][12] Olagundoye joined the cast of ABC comedy-drama Castle in 2015 as a series regular in the role of Hayley Shipton.[13]
In 2019 Olagundoye had a recurring role on the final season of Veep playing Senator Kemi Talbot.
Personal life[edit]
On May 16, 2015, Olagundoye married Sean Quinn, whom she met on Twitter, after several years of dating. They have a son together.[14]