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.
Filmography
all 36
TV Shows 22
Movies 14
self 3
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Persephone
KAOS (2024)
TV
Self - Narrator
Saving Lives in Cardiff (2024)
TV
Christine
The Pact (2021)
TV
ACC Alison Vosper
Grace (2021)
TV
Jo Byrne
Alex Rider (2020)
TV
8
Gee Walker
Anthony (2020)
Movie
Opal Folami
Noughts + Crosses (2020)
TV
Executive Producer
Twelfth Night (2018)
Movie
Martina
Been So Long (2018)
Movie
Goneril
King Lear (2016)
Movie
Helena Adarkwa
Code of a Killer (2015)
TV
5
Olivia Lennox
Shetland (2013)
TV
5.82
Phillippa
Now Is Good (2012)
Movie
6.67
Chief Judge
Dredd (2012)
Movie
6.42
Amber Haleford
Vera (2011)
TV
4.72
Shalondra
My Almost Famous Family (2009)
TV
Mrs. Nwokolo
Sahara (2005)
Movie
5.5
Hostess
Doctor Who (2005)
TV
6.37
Nurse Clayton
The I Inside (2004)
Movie
Nicky Constable
Canterbury Tales (2003)
TV
Taneshia
Being April (2002)
TV
Pauline
Waking the Dead (2001)
TV
4.67
Talking Drum
The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)
Movie
D.C. Helen Tomlin
Maisie Raine (1998)
TV
Alice Winning
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Self - Guest
Ready Steady Cook (1994)
TV
Gabriel Angel
Great Moments in Aviation (1994)
Movie
Bernie Roberts
Soldier Soldier (1991)
TV
Self - Panellist
Question Time (1979)
TV
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1968-01-01 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceCardiff, Wales, UK
SpouseAdam Smethurst
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, Wales
Also Known AsRakie Olufunmilayo Ayola
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