Toks Olagundoye

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye (; born 16 September 1975)

Early life and education 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. and in 2005, she cofounded the theater company Three Chicks Theatre, which produced Andrea Lepcio's One Nation Under in 2008. 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 Dog Days Nina Tremors Jessica Florence Television film 2019 Reign of the Supermen Cat Grant (voice) Direct-to-video

Television