Toni Tones

Nigerian media personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gbemisola Anthonia Adefuye Listen, known professionally as Toni Tones Listen, is a Nigerian media personality, actress, and photographer. In 2020, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards.

Born
Gbemisola Anthonia Adefuye
Occupations
  • Media personality
  • actress
  • photographer
  • singer
Websitewww.tonitones.com
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Toni Tones
Born
Gbemisola Anthonia Adefuye
EducationQueen's College, Lagos
University of Lancaster
Occupations
  • Media personality
  • actress
  • photographer
  • singer
Websitewww.tonitones.com
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Life

Adefuye [1] is the youngest of a family of five. Her early education was in Lagos where she completed her studies at Queen's College. At the age of 14, she modelled for Dakova, a family friend.[2]

Adefuye attended the University of Lancaster where she studied marketing and economics.[3] After completing her course, she returned to Nigeria in 2009 to pursue a career in show business. Her brother had been a musician with the band Oxygen and Adefuye initially worked as a show business photographer. Her portfolio attracted the attention of D'banj's reality show, Koko Mansion.[2]

In 2017, Adefuye continued photography[2] while also taking roles behind and in front of the camera.[4] She has appeared as an actor in the web TV series Gidi-culture and in several films,[5] including It's Her Day (2016).[6] She also starred in the film King of Boys.[7] as the younger Eniola Salami. The film premiered on October 21, 2020. At the 2020 AMVCA, she was nominated or Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or TV Series for King of Boys.[8]

In 2020, she appeared in Quam's Money, a sequel to the 2018 film New Money. The story follows a security guard, Quam, who suddenly becomes a multi-millionaire. The cast included Falz, Jemima Osunde, Blossom Chukwujekwu, and Nse Ikpe-Etim.[9]

Filmography

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2014 Deadline Beverly
Married to the Game Ms. Fatai
2016 Rumour Has It An NdaniTV web series
2018 Forbidden Becky 260 episodes
Room 420 Funmi Diya
2020 Assistant Madams Self
The Smart Money Woman Lara 9 episodes [10]
2021 Mascara Claire
King of Boys: The Return of the King Young Eniola Netflix original series [11]
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Films

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2015 What Lies Untold
2016 It's Her Day Stacy Comedy
2017 The Royal Hibiscus Hotel Esther Comedy / Romance
5th Floor Ruby Drama
Head over Heels
2018 The Eve Ngozi Romance
Lara and the Beat Trish Drama / Music / Romance [12]
King of Boys Young Eniola Crime / Drama [7]
2019 Your Excellency Stephanie
2019 Foreigner's God Ginika Drama/Fantasy/Mystery [13]
2020 Quam's Money Eme Comedy / Crime [9]
2022 Brotherhood Goldie Action / Crime [14]
2024 KM17 Cheeka Drama / Thriller [15]
2024 Aburo Dr. Edak Directed by Yemi Morafa
2024 Angie's Love Angela Short
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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2020 Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or TV Series King of Boys Nominated [8]
2020 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role –English Killing Jade Nominated [16]
2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress Brotherhood Nominated [17][18]
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