Rakie Ayola
Acting
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.
Born: May 11, 1968
Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Sylvia
as Persephone
as Self - Narrator
as Narrator
as DS Holland
as Christine Rees
as ACC Alison Vosper
as Jo Byrne
as Gee Walker
as Camilla
as Martina
as Goneril
as Morag
as Helena Adarkwa
as Voice
as Olivia Lennox
as Phillippa
as Chief Judge
as Shelly
as Amber Haleford
as Mrs. Nwokolo
as Hostess
as Nurse Clayton
as Yemi
as Nicky Constable
as Taneshia
as Pauline
as Cally
as Talking Drum
as D.C. Helen Tomlin
as Alice Winning
as Self - Guest
as Gabriel Angel
as Bernie Roberts
as Self - Panellist
as Hope