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My name is very specific to my family. I'm very proud of being Nigerian. I understand that most people can't pronounce it, but that's OK.

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Toks Olagundoye
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 16
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Television Actress
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I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz.
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Not to be purple, but I've never been a 'bad boy' kind of girl. I like manners.
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I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland.
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I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives.
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Be sure of what you want work hard, be ready to pick yourself up, do not take rejection personally, be as prepared as you can, always be learning, and eliminate negative people from your life regardless of who they are.
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I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.
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Accents are very easy for me.
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When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my Nigerian accent.
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I was a musical theatre geek in high school and college.
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I just have fun doing what I do. If it looks like a good time, I'm up for it!
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Other people do better going on to grad school and others yet are naturally inclined and do just fine without any formal training at all. Everyone is different. The only things I think are imperative are focus, determination and hard work.
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I pretty much only wear high heels.
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All my friends are funny, witty, fun-loving people. As are my parents, and the people I work with. I get at least a couple of good laughs in every day.
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You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.
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With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.
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Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward more period work.
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People tend to comment on my feet a lot. In daily life.
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I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.
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We are all different and that's okay.
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