Rakie Ayola
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.
Sahara
(Mrs. Nwokolo)
The I Inside
(Nurse Clayton)
Dredd
(Chief Judge)
Under Milk Wood
(Voice)
Now Is Good
(Phillippa)
King Lear
(Goneril)
Been So Long
(Martina)
Great Moments in Aviation
(Gabriel Angel)
Brexit: The Uncivil War
(Camilla)
Anthony
(Gee Walker)
Mothers, Missiles and the American President
(Narrator)
Bad Apples
(Sylvia)
Grace
(ACC Alison Vosper)
Waking the Dead
(Pauline)
The Pact
(DS Holland)
Being April
My Almost Famous Family
(Shalondra)
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
Doctor Who
(Hostess)
Maisie Raine
(D.C. Helen Tomlin)
Midsomer Murders
(Alice Winning)
Canterbury Tales
(Nicky Constable)
Alex Rider
(Jo Byrne)
Black Mirror
(Shelly)
Vera
(Amber Haleford)
Code of a Killer
(Helena Adarkwa)
Sea of Souls
(Yemi)
The Pact
(Christine Rees)
Soldier Soldier
(Bernie Roberts)
Question Time
(Self - Panellist)
Ready Steady Cook
(Self - Guest)
Shetland
(Olivia Lennox)
Saving Lives in Cardiff
(Self - Narrator)
KAOS
(Persephone)
