Toni Tones


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

Life

Adefuye 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.
Adefuye attended the University of Lancaster where she studied marketing and economics. 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.
In 2017, Adefuye continued photography while also taking roles behind and in front of the camera. She has appeared as an actor in the web TV series Gidi-culture and in several films, including It's Her Day. She also starred in the film King of Boys. 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.
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.