
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…
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Filmography
Acting (47)
Movies (18)
Bad Apples
2026 Upcomingas Sylvia
Sep 4
National Theatre at Home: The Authenticator
2026 Upcomingas Abi
Jun 30
Diamond Sky
2025as Suzzane Kirk
Mothers, Missiles and the American President
2021as Narrator
Anthony
2020as Gee Walker
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019as Camilla
Been So Long
2018as Martina
King Lear
2016as Goneril
Under Milk Wood
2014as Voice
Dredd
2012as Chief Judge
Now Is Good
2012as Phillippa
Sahara
2005as Mrs. Nwokolo
The I Inside
2004as Nurse Clayton
The Secret Laughter of Women
1999as Talking Drum
Great Moments in Aviation
1994as Gabriel Angel
Hope Is Lost
as Hope
Black Church Bay
Hedgehog
as Consultant
Television (29)
KAOS
2024as Persephone
Saving Lives in Cardiff
2024as Self - Narrator
Grace
2021as ACC Alison Vosper
Grace
2021as ACC Alison Vosper
The Pact
2021as DS Holland
Alex Rider
2020as Jo Byrne
Flowers
2016as Morag
Code of a Killer
2015as Helena Adarkwa
No Offence
2015as Nora Attah
Shetland
2013as Olivia Lennox
Black Mirror
2011as Shelly
Vera
2011as Amber Haleford
My Almost Famous Family
2009as Shalondra
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
Gavin & Stacey
2007as The Registrar
Doctor Who
2005as Hostess
Sea of Souls
2004as Yemi
Canterbury Tales
2003as Nicky Constable
Being April
2002as Taneshia
Waking the Dead
2001as Pauline
Murder in Mind
2001as Cally
Holby City
1999as Kyla Tyson
Maisie Raine
1998as D.C. Helen Tomlin
Midsomer Murders
1997as Alice Winning
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994as Self - Guest
Scarlett
1994as Pansy
Nightshift
1993
Soldier Soldier
1991as Bernie Roberts
Question Time
1979as Self - Panellist
Crew (2)
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