Toni Tones

Gbemi 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.

Toni Tones
on Ndani TV
Born	Gbemisola Anthonia Adefuye
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	Queen's College, Lagos University of Lancaster
Occupations	Media personality actress photographer singer
Website	www.tonitones.com

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. She modeled for Dakova because he was a friend of the family when she was fourteen.^[2]

Her full name is Gbemisola Anthonia Adefuye and she went to the University of Lancaster in the UK where she studied marketing and economics.^[3] 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 Oxygen and Tones initially decided to be a show business photographer. Her portfolio caught the attention of D'banj’s reality show, Koko Mansion.^[2]

In 2017, Adefuye Gbemisola continued photography^[2] but was then both behind and in front of the camera.^[4] She has appeared as an actor in the web TV series "Gidi-culture"; in several films,^[5] including It's Her Day in 2016.^[6] She also starred in the movie King of Boys.^[7] 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'.^[8]

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 Falz, Jemima Osunde, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Nse Ikpe-Etim and Tones.^[9]

Filmography

Television

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]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
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		Directed by Yemi Morafa
2024	Angie's Love	Angela	Short

Awards and nominations

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]