
Rakie Ayola
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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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Ready Steady Cook

Midsomer Murders

Black Mirror

Doctor Who

Shetland

Vera

Waking the Dead

Gavin & Stacey

KAOS

Canterbury Tales

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Code of a Killer

Sahara

Now Is Good

Been So Long

The Pact

Being April

Dredd

Under Milk Wood

Great Moments in Aviation

Maisie Raine

Grace
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