---
name: "Rakie Ayola"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rakie-ayola"
fi1m_id: "rakie-ayola"
imdb_id: "nm0043931"
tmdb_id: 195575
wikidata_id: "Q16154488"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 May 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T00:29:02.962273+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rakie Ayola

## Identity

Rakie Ayola

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rakie-ayola
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rakie-ayola
- **IMDb ID:** nm0043931
- **TMDB ID:** 195575
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16154488
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakie_Ayola, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16154488, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/195575

Actor. Born 11 May 1968 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 May 1968, Cardiff, Wales, UK
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Also known as:** Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakie_Ayola, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16154488, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/195575

## Biography

Rakie Ayola is a Welsh actress. Born in Cardiff in 1968, she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

She is known for her role as Kyla Tyson in the BBC series *Holby City* (2005–2008) and appearances in *Black Mirror* (2011), *Dredd* (2012), *Doctor Who* (2005), *Sahara* (2005), *Now Is Good* (2012), *KAOS* (2024) and *Alex Rider* (2020). In film she plays Sylvia in *Bad Apples* (2025).

Ayola won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Anthony* (2020) and BAFTA Cymru awards including Best Actress for *The Pact* series 2 (2023) and the Siân Phillips Award (2023). She has an extensive theatre career including Shakespearean roles and West End productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nationaltheatre.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bad Apples* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Sylvia — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *KAOS* (2024), Fi1m 67, as Persephone — [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Church Bay* (2026), as Mrs Munroe
- *Bad Apples* (2026), as Sylvia — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Authenticator* (2026), as Abi
- *Falling* (2026), series, as Muriel
- *Diamond Sky* (2025), as Suzzane Kirk
- *Hope Is Lost* (2025), as Hope (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Gavin & Stacey: The Finale* (2024), as Registrar
- *KAOS* (2024), series, as Persephone — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md)
- *Hedgehog* (2024), as Consultant
- *Mothers, Missiles and the American President* (2021), as Narrator
- *The Pact* (2021), series, as DS Holland, Christine Rees
- *Grace* (2021), series, as ACC Alison Vosper
- *Alex Rider* (2020), series, as Jo Byrne
- *Anthony* (2020), as Gee Walker
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), as Camilla
- *Twelfth Night* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Been So Long* (2018), as Martina
- *King Lear* (2016), as Goneril
- *Flowers* (2016), series, as Morag
- *No Offence* (2015), series, as Nora Attah
- *Code of a Killer* (2015), series, as Helena Adarkwa
- *Under Milk Wood* (2014), as Voice
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Olivia Lennox — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Now Is Good* (2012), as Phillippa
- *Dredd* (2012), as Chief Judge
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Shelly — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Amber Haleford — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *My Almost Famous Family* (2009), series, as Shalondra
- *Bargain Hunt Famous Finds* (2008), series, Actor
- *Sahara* (2005), as Mrs. Nwokolo
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Hostess — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The I Inside* (2004), as Nurse Clayton
- *Sea of Souls* (2004), series, as Yemi
- *Canterbury Tales* (2003), series, as Nicky Constable
- *Being April* (2002), series, as Taneshia
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Pauline
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as Cally
- *The Secret Laughter of Women* (1999), as Talking Drum
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Kyla Tyson
- *Maisie Raine* (1998), series, as D.C. Helen Tomlin
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Alice Winning — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as Pansy
- *Great Moments in Aviation* (1994), as Gabriel Angel
- *Nightshift* (1993), series, Actor
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Bernie Roberts
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Gabriel Angel

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