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.
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Filmography
all 29
TV Shows 17
Movies 12
Narrator 1
Producer 1
self 1
Narrator
Mothers, Missiles and the American President (2021)
Movie
Christine / DS Holland
The Pact (2021)
TV
ACC Alison Vosper
Grace (2021)
TV
Gee Walker
Anthony (2020)
Movie
Jo Byrne
Alex Rider (2020)
TV
8
Opal Folami
Noughts + Crosses (2020)
TV
Camilla
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
Movie
5.33
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
Voice
Under Milk Wood (2014)
Movie
Phillippa
Now Is Good (2012)
Movie
6.67
Chief Judge
Dredd (2012)
Movie
6.42
Shelly
Black Mirror (2011)
TV
6.48
Amber Haleford
Vera (2011)
TV
4.72
Shalondra / Ella / Shakira
My Almost Famous Family (2009)
TV
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds (2008)
TV
Mrs. Nwokolo
Sahara (2005)
Movie
5.5
Hostess
Doctor Who (2005)
TV
6.37
Yemi
Sea of Souls (2004)
TV
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
D.C. Helen Tomlin
Maisie Raine (1998)
TV
Alice Winning
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Gabriel Angel
Great Moments in Aviation (1994)
Movie
Self - Panellist
Question Time (1979)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.33
Based on 1.46 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1979
2004
2012
2011
2021
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1968-01-01 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceCardiff, United Kingdom
SpouseAdam Smethurst
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, Wales
Also Known AsRakie Olufunmilayo Ayola
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