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Rakie Ayola
Homepage
https://theartistspartnership.co.uk/artist/rakie-ayola/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-05-11,Cardiff, Wales, UK
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

5.916

Sahara
2005-04-06

5.943

The I Inside
2004-03-21

6.859

Dredd
2012-09-07

Under Milk Wood

6

Under Milk Wood
2014-05-05

7.299

Now Is Good
2012-09-19

8

King Lear
2016-07-11

5.508

Been So Long
2018-10-12

Great Moments in Aviation

4.889

Great Moments in Aviation
1994-05-01

Brexit: The Uncivil War

6.6

Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019-01-19

6

Anthony
2020-07-27

Mothers, Missiles and the American President

0

Mothers, Missiles and the American President
2021-08-24

0

Bad Apples
2026-09-04

The Secret Laughter of Women

5.188

The Secret Laughter of Women
1999-11-26

0

Hope Is Lost
2025-10-15

Black Church Bay

0

Black Church Bay

0

Hedgehog

0

Diamond Sky
2025-10-27

National Theatre at Home: The Authenticator

0

National Theatre at Home: The Authenticator
2026-06-30

6.7

Grace
2021-03-14

Waking the Dead

7.25

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

7.1

The Pact
2021-05-17

My Almost Famous Family

0

My Almost Famous Family
2009-09-12

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

0

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008-12-01

7.604

Doctor Who
2005-03-26

0

Maisie Raine
1998-07-28

Midsomer Murders

7.487

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

7.779

Alex Rider
2020-11-12

8.287

Black Mirror
2011-12-04

7.4

Vera
2011-05-01

Code of a Killer

7.309

Code of a Killer
2015-04-06

8

Sea of Souls
2004-02-02

7.1

The Pact
2021-05-17

Soldier Soldier

6.8

Soldier Soldier
1991-06-10

5.9

Question Time
1979-09-25

Ready, Steady, Cook

8

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994-10-24

7.505

Shetland
2013-03-10

Saving Lives in Cardiff

0

Saving Lives in Cardiff
2024-08-20

7.277

KAOS
2024-08-29

8.273

Murder in Mind
2001-04-22

7.326

Flowers
2016-04-25

10

Nightshift
1993-03-22

6

Being April
2002-06-20

6.618

Scarlett
1994-11-13

5.8

Holby City
1999-01-12

7.5

No Offence
2015-05-05

Canterbury Tales

6.9

Canterbury Tales
2003-09-11

2.5

Falling
2026-05-19

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06