Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
BirthdayDecember 31, 1967 (57 years old)
Place of BirthCardiff, Wales, UK
Rakie Ayola
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.
Known For
Sahara
The I Inside
Dredd
Under Milk Wood
Now Is Good
King Lear
Been So Long
Great Moments in Aviation
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Anthony
Mothers, Missiles and the American President
Bad Apples
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Grace
Waking the Dead
The Pact
Being April
My Almost Famous Family
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
Doctor Who
Maisie Raine
Midsomer Murders
Canterbury Tales
Alex Rider
Black Mirror
Vera
Code of a Killer
Sea of Souls
The Pact
Soldier Soldier
Question Time
Ready Steady Cook
Shetland
Saving Lives in Cardiff
KAOS
Murder in Mind
Gavin & Stacey
