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Rakie Ayola

Rakie Ayola

Actor · Born 1968-05-11 · Cardiff, Wales, UK

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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 Insi…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Black Mirror (2011) — Shelly
  2. Dredd (2012) — Chief Judge
  3. Doctor Who (2005) — Hostess
  4. Sahara (2005) — Mrs. Nwokolo
  5. Now Is Good (2012) — Phillippa
  6. KAOS (2024) — Persephone
  7. Alex Rider (2020) — Jo Byrne
  8. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Alice Winning
  9. Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) — Camilla
  10. The I Inside (2004) — Nurse Clayton
  11. Shetland (2013) — Olivia Lennox
  12. Vera (2011) — Amber Haleford
  13. Flowers (2016) — Morag
  14. Grace (2021) — ACC Alison Vosper
  15. No Offence (2015) — Nora Attah
  16. Been So Long (2018) — Martina
  17. Code of a Killer (2015) — Helena Adarkwa
  18. Holby City (1999) — Kyla Tyson
  19. Waking the Dead (2001) — Pauline
  20. The Pact (2021) — DS Holland
  21. Scarlett (1994) — Pansy
  22. Soldier Soldier (1991) — Bernie Roberts
  23. Question Time (1979) — Self - Panellist
  24. Under Milk Wood (2014) — Voice
  25. Murder in Mind (2001) — Cally
  26. Great Moments in Aviation (1994) — Gabriel Angel
  27. The Secret Laughter of Women (1999) — Talking Drum
  28. Canterbury Tales (2003) — Nicky Constable
  29. Screen Two (1985) — Gabriel Angel
  30. Anthony (2020) — Gee Walker
  31. Sea of Souls (2004) — Yemi
  32. Falling (2026) — Muriel
  33. Being April (2002) — Taneshia
  34. King Lear (2016) — Goneril
  35. Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) — Self - Guest
  36. Nightshift (1993)
  37. Mothers, Missiles and the American President (2021) — Narrator
  38. Bad Apples (2026) — Sylvia
  39. Hope Is Lost (2025) — Hope (voice)
  40. Black Church Bay