Gbemi Anthonia Adefuye , known professionally as Toni Tones , is a

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media personality, actress, and photographer. In 2020, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the

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Life

Adefuye is the youngest of a family of five. Her early education was in

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where she completed her studies at Queen's College. She modeled for Dakova because he was a friend of the family when she was fourteen. Her full name is Gbemisola Anthonia Adefuye and she went to the

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in the UK where she studied marketing and economics.Nobody Believed in My Music
YNaija.com, Retrieved 7 July 2017 When the course was completed, she returned to Nigeria in 2009 to explore her interest in show business. Her brother had been a musician with the band

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and Tones initially decided to be a show business photographer. Her portfolio caught the attention of

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’s reality show, ''Koko Mansion''. In 2017, Adefuye Gbemisola continued photographyWhy I'm passionate about photography
SunNewsOnline, Retrieved 6 July 2017 but was then both behind and in front of the camera.New photos of Toni Tones
BellaNaija.com, Retrieved 6 July 2017 She has appeared as an actor in the web TV series "Gidi-culture"; in several films, including ''It's Her Day'' in 2016. She also starred in the movie ''

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''. as the younger Eniola Salami. The movie premiered on October 21, 2020. At the 2020 AMVCA, she earned herself a nomination for 'Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or TV Series' for the movie 'King of Boys'. In 2020 she was in the cast of '' Quam's Money'' which is a sequel to the 2018 film '' New Money''. The follow-up story follows what happens when a security guard (Quam) suddenly becomes a multi-millionaire. The new cast was led by

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, Jemima Osunde,

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and Tones.

Filmography

Television

Films

Awards and nominations

References

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