Rakie Ayola
January 1, 1968 (57 years old) in Cardiff, Wales, UK
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.
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- 2024 · Gavin & Stacey: The Finale as Registrar
- 2024 · KAOS as Persephone
- 2024 · Saving Lives in Cardiff as Self - Narrator
- 2021 · Mothers, Missiles and the American President as Narrator
- 2021 · The Pact as DS Holland
- 2021 · The Pact as Christine Rees
- 2021 · Grace as ACC Alison Vosper
- 2020 · Alex Rider as Jo Byrne
- 2020 · Anthony as Gee Walker
- 2019 · Brexit: The Uncivil War as Camilla
- 2018 · Been So Long as Martina
- 2016 · King Lear as Goneril
- 2015 · Code of a Killer as Helena Adarkwa
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as Voice
- 2013 · Shetland as Olivia Lennox
- 2012 · Now Is Good as Phillippa
- 2012 · Dredd as Chief Judge
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Shelly
- 2011 · Vera as Amber Haleford
- 2009 · My Almost Famous Family as Shalondra
- 2008 · Bargain Hunt Famous Finds as
- 2005 · Sahara as Mrs. Nwokolo
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Hostess
- 2004 · The I Inside as Nurse Clayton
- 2004 · Sea of Souls as Yemi
- 2003 · Canterbury Tales as Nicky Constable
- 2002 · Being April as
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Pauline
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Cally
- 1998 · Maisie Raine as D.C. Helen Tomlin
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Alice Winning
- 1994 · Ready Steady Cook as Self - Guest
- 1994 · Great Moments in Aviation as Gabriel Angel
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Bernie Roberts
- 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist
- Future · Bad Apples as Sylvia