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 38
TV Shows 23
Movies 15
self 3
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Persephone

KAOS (2024)
TV
Self - Narrator

Saving Lives in Cardiff (2024)
TV
Christine Rees / DS Holland / Christine Rees

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
Sylvia

Bad Apples
Movie
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1968-01-01 (57 years old)
Birth PlaceCardiff, United Kingdom
SpouseAdam Smethurst
CitizenshipsWales, United Kingdom
Also Known AsRakie Olufunmilayo Ayola
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