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Rakie Ayola

Highest Rated: 100% Anthony (2020)

Lowest Rated: 37% Sahara (2005)

Birthday: May 11, 1968

Birthplace: Cardiff, Wales, UK

Born in Wales of Nigerian descent, actress Rakie Ayola is a familiar presence on British television. She began her professional career in classical theater, but by the early 1990s was supplementing her stage work with supporting roles in film and television. Her big TV break with a recurring part in the military drama "Soldier Soldier," followed by the role she remains best known for, a three-year stint on the hospital-set soap "Holby City" as troubled nurse Kyla Tyson. After a short break to focusing on raising her two children, Ayola returned to acting full-time in 2012, appearing in weepy drama "Now Is Good" and dystopian science-fiction reboot "Dredd."

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% Anthony Watchlist
92% 67% Been So Long
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56% 64% Now Is Good
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43% 43% The I Inside
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37% 53% Sahara Watchlist
Great Moments in Aviation
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39% The Secret Laughter of Women
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Twelfth Night
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Green-Eyed Monster
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Grace: Looking Good Dead
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Grace: Looking Good Dead ACC Alison Vosper (Character) - 2021
100% 100% Anthony Gee Walker (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twelfth Night Executive Producer - 2018
92% 67% Been So Long Martina (Character) - 2018
56% 64% Now Is Good Phillippa (Character) - 2012
37% 53% Sahara Mrs. Nwokolo (Character) $68.6M 2005
43% 43% The I Inside Nurse Clayton (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Green-Eyed Monster Leila (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 39% The Secret Laughter of Women Talking Drum (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Moments in Aviation Gabriel Angel (Character) - 1994

TV

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No Score Yet 83% Alex Rider Jo Bryne (Character) 2021 2024
No Score Yet 70% Grace ACC Vosper (Character) 2021-2023
92% 41% The Pact Christine (Character) 2022
76% 35% Noughts + Crosses Opal Folami (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 83% Shetland Olivia Lennox (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Holby City Kyla (Character) 2003 2006-2007 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doctor Who Confidential Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
90% 64% Doctor Who Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Canterbury Tales Unknown (Character) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder in Mind Cally (Character) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maisie Raine D.C. Helen Tomlin (Character) 1998-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Casualty Karen Goddard (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scarlett Pansy (Character) 1994