About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1968-01-01
Place of birth:
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Website:
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Rakie Ayola

Overview

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

Acting
2024 Gavin & Stacey: The Finale Actor Registrar 58
Average
2024 Saving Lives in Cardiff Actor Self - Narrator N/A
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2021 Mothers, Missiles and the American President Actor Narrator N/A
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2021 The Pact Actor Christine Rees 70
Good
2020 Anthony Actor Gee Walker 58
Average
2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War Actor Camilla 61
Fair
2018 Been So Long Actor Martina 58
Average
2016 King Lear Actor Goneril 59
Average
2015 Code of a Killer Actor Helena Adarkwa 70
Good
2014 Under Milk Wood Actor Voice 58
Average
2012 Now Is Good Actor Phillippa 68
Fair
2012 Dredd Actor Chief Judge 67
Fair
2009 My Almost Famous Family Actor Shalondra N/A
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2005 Sahara Actor Mrs. Nwokolo 58
Average
2004 The I Inside Actor Nurse Clayton 59
Average
2002 Being April Actor 69
Fair
1998 Maisie Raine Actor D.C. Helen Tomlin N/A
N/A
1994 Great Moments in Aviation Actor Gabriel Angel 58
Average
Bad Apples Actor Sylvia N/A
N/A

Production
2018 Twelfth Night Production Executive Producer N/A
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