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Rakie Ayola

Actor, ProducerBorn January 1, 1968 (57 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Midsomer Murders
  • Scarlett
  • London's Burning

Known For

  • Dredd
  • Sahara
  • The Pact (2021)
  • The I Inside
  • Noughts + Crosses
  • The Secret Laughter of Women
  • Shades of Fear

Filmography

2024
2024
KAOS (TV Series) · as Persephone
2021
The Pact (2021) (TV Series) · as Ds Holland
2021
Grace (2021) (TV Series) · as Acc Alison Vosper
2020
Anthony · as Gee Walker
2020
Alex Rider (TV Series) · as Jo Byrne
2020
Noughts + Crosses (TV Series) · as Opal Folami
2019
Brexit · as Camilla
2018
Been So Long · as Martina
2016
Flowers (TV Series) · as Morag
2015
No Offence (TV Series) · as Nora Attah
2015
Code of a Killer (TV Series) · as Helena Adarkwa
2014
Under Milk Wood · as Voice
2013
Shetland (TV Series) · as Olivia Lennox
2012
Now Is Good · as Phillippa
2012
Dredd · as Chief Judge
2012
Stella (2012) (TV Series) · as Hilary
2011
Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Shelly
2011
Vera (TV Series) · as Amber Haleford
2007
Gavin & Stacey (TV Series) · as The Registrar
2005
Sahara · as Mrs. Nwokolo
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Hostess
2004
The I Inside · as Nurse Clayton
2004
Sea of Souls (TV Series) · as Yemi
2003
Canterbury Tales (TV Series) · as Nicky Constable
2003
Coming Up (TV Series) · as Mojisola
2002
Being April (TV Series)
2001
Green-Eyed Monster · as Leila
2001
The Armando Iannucci Shows (TV Series) · as Cast
2001
Murder in Mind (TV Series) · as Cally
2000
Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Pauline
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Kyla Tyson
1998
The Secret Laughter of Women · as Talking Drum
1998
Maisie Raine (TV Series) · as D.c. Helen Tomlin
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Alice Winning
1996
Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Annie Farmer
1994
Scarlett (TV Series) · as Pansy
1994
Shades of Fear · as Gabriel Angel
1991
Soldier Soldier (TV Series) · as Bernie Roberts
1988
London's Burning (TV Series) · as Nina
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Karen Goddard
1985
EastEnders (TV Series) · as Ms. French

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