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, 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==