Rakie Ayola

Rakie Ayola

Birthday: 1968-05-11

Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK

Also known as: Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola

imdb_id: nm0043931

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.

Played in movies:

King Lear

Score: 8.0

Now Is Good

Score: 7.3

Dredd

Score: 6.8

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Score: 6.6

Under Milk Wood

Score: 6.0

Anthony

Score: 6.0

The I Inside

Score: 5.9

Sahara

Score: 5.9

Been So Long

Score: 5.6

Great Moments in Aviation

Score: 5.3

The Secret Laughter of Women

Score: 4.7

Hope is Lost

Score: 0.0

Bad Apples

Score: 0.0

Mothers, Missiles and the American President

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Murder in Mind

Score: 8.4

Black Mirror

Score: 8.3

Alex Rider

Score: 7.8

Sea of Souls

Score: 7.6

Doctor Who

Score: 7.6

Shetland

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

Vera

Score: 7.4

Code of a Killer

Score: 7.3

The Pact

Score: 7.3

The Pact

Score: 7.3

Flowers

Score: 7.3

KAOS

Score: 7.2

Waking the Dead

Score: 7.2

Canterbury Tales

Score: 6.9

Grace

Score: 6.6

Soldier Soldier

Score: 6.6

Question Time

Score: 5.5

Being April

Score: 4.5

Nightshift

Score: 0.0

Saving Lives in Cardiff

Score: 0.0

Ready Steady Cook

Score: 0.0

Maisie Raine

Score: 0.0

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

Score: 0.0

My Almost Famous Family

Score: 0.0