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