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