RAKIE AYOLA
ACTING
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 2005
- The I Inside 2004
- Dredd 2012
- Under Milk Wood 2014
- Now Is Good 2012
- Been So Long 2018
- Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019
- Anthony 2020
- Grace 2021
- Waking the Dead 2001
- The Pact 2021
- Doctor Who 2005
- Midsomer Murders 1997
- Canterbury Tales 2003
- Alex Rider 2020
- Black Mirror 2011
- Vera 2011
- Code of a Killer 2015
- Sea of Souls 2004
- Shetland 2013
- KAOS 2024
- Murder in Mind 2001