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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-05-11 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Cardiff, Wales, UK

Rakie Ayola

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

Saving Lives in Cardiff as Self - Narrator
KAOS as Persephone

2021

Grace as ACC Alison Vosper
The Pact as DS Holland
The Pact as Christine Rees

2020

Anthony as Gee Walker
Alex Rider as Jo Byrne

2019

2018

Been So Long as Martina

2016

King Lear as Goneril
Flowers as Morag

2015

Code of a Killer as Helena Adarkwa

2014

2013

Shetland as Olivia Lennox

2012

Dredd as Chief Judge
Now Is Good as Phillippa

2011

Black Mirror as Shelly
Vera as Amber Haleford

2009

2008

2007

Gavin & Stacey as The Registrar

2005

Sahara as Mrs. Nwokolo
Doctor Who as Hostess

2004

The I Inside as Nurse Clayton
Sea of Souls as Yemi

2003

Canterbury Tales as Nicky Constable

2002

2001

Waking the Dead as Pauline

1998

Maisie Raine as D.C. Helen Tomlin

1997

Midsomer Murders as Alice Winning

1994

Great Moments in Aviation as Gabriel Angel
Ready Steady Cook as Self - Guest

1991

Soldier Soldier as Bernie Roberts

1979

Question Time as Self - Panellist

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Bad Apples as Sylvia

Production

2018

Twelfth Night as Executive Producer