Rakie Ayola
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Cardiff, Wales, UK
Biography
Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola is a Welsh actress. She was born in Cardiff in May 1968, to a Sierra Leonean mother and a Nigerian father, and was raised by her mother's cousin and his wife in the Ely district of the city. She studied at Glan Ely High School, and was a member of the Orbit Youth Theatre, South Glamorgan Youth Theatre, South Glamorgan Youth Choir and the National Youth Theatre of Wales. She went on to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying for a three-year acting diploma. In 2023 Rakie Ayola was the 18th recipient of the prestigious BAFTA Cymru Siân Phillips Award. At the same ceremony she also won the Bafta Cymru Best Actress Award for her performance in BBC1 series The Pact Season 2 on which she was an Executive Producer. In 2021 Rakie Ayola won BAFTA Best Supporting Actress for BBC1 film Anthony by Jimmy McGovern. Ayola has appeared in television shows including Kaos, The Pact Season 1, Grace, Shetland, No Offence, Midsomer Murders, Black Mirror, Noughts + Crosses, Doctor Who, Silent Witness and EastEnders, a number of Shakespearean theatrical performances and feature films such as Been So Long, Now Is Good, Great Moments in Aviation, The i Inside, Dredd, and Sahara. She appeared as Kyla Tyson in the BBC medical drama Holby City from its eighth to eleventh series.
Known For
Filmography
Unmanned
Movie · as Voice Assistant
Bad Apples
Movie · as Sylvia
Black Church Bay
Movie · as Mrs Munroe
National Theatre Live: The Authenticator
Movie · as Abi
Falling
TV · as Muriel · 5 eps
Hope Is Lost
Movie · as Hope (voice)
Diamond Sky
Movie · as Suzzane Kirk
Hedgehog
Movie · as Consultant
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Movie · as Registrar
Saving Lives in Cardiff
TV · as Self - Narrator · 12 eps
KAOS
TV · as Persephone · 5 eps
Mothers, Missiles and the American President
Movie · as Narrator
Grace
TV · as ACC Alison Vosper · 6 eps
The Pact
TV · as DS Holland, Christine Rees · 6 eps
Anthony
Movie · as Gee Walker
Alex Rider
TV · as Jo Byrne · 7 eps
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Movie · as Camilla
Been So Long
Movie · as Martina
King Lear
Movie · as Goneril
Flowers
TV · as Morag · 1 ep
Code of a Killer
TV · as Helena Adarkwa · 2 eps
No Offence
TV · as Nora Attah · 7 eps
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Voice
Shetland
TV · as Olivia Lennox · 6 eps
Dredd
Movie · as Chief Judge
Now Is Good
Movie · as Phillippa
Black Mirror
TV · as Shelly · 1 ep
Vera
TV · as Amber Haleford · 1 ep
My Almost Famous Family
TV · as Shalondra · 11 eps
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
TV · 1 ep
Sahara
Movie · as Mrs. Nwokolo
Doctor Who
TV · as Hostess · 1 ep
The I Inside
Movie · as Nurse Clayton
Sea of Souls
TV · as Yemi · 2 eps
Canterbury Tales
TV · as Nicky Constable · 1 ep
Coming Up
TV · as Mojisola · 1 ep
Being April
TV · as Taneshia · 6 eps
Waking the Dead
TV · as Pauline · 2 eps
Murder in Mind
TV · as Cally · 1 ep
The Secret Laughter of Women
Movie · as Talking Drum
Holby City
TV · as Kyla Tyson · 209 eps
Maisie Raine
TV · as D.C. Helen Tomlin · 12 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Alice Winning · 1 ep
Great Moments in Aviation
Movie · as Gabriel Angel
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Scarlett
TV · as Pansy · 3 eps
Nightshift
TV · 3 eps
Soldier Soldier
TV · as Bernie Roberts · 7 eps
Screen Two
TV · as Gabriel Angel · 1 ep
Question Time
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep