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, [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 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] 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. [13]
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 . [14]
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