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Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola is a Welsh actress.
2011
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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 11, 1968
Birthplace
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Also Known As
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
2005
Black Mirror
2011
Vera
2011
Shetland
2013
Holby City
1999
Waking the Dead
2001
Grace
2021
Question Time
1979
Alex Rider
2020
Soldier Soldier
1991
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
KAOS
2024
Murder in Mind
2001
Scarlett
1994
Flowers
2016
No Offence
2015
Sea of Souls
2004
The Pact
2021
The Pact
2021
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