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Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola is a Welsh actress, best known for her role as Kyla Tyson in the BBC medical drama Holby City. She first rose to prominence in the lead role of the 1993 Jeanette Winterson screenplay Great Moments in Aviation. Ayola has worked in theatre, film and television, appearing in a number of Shakespearean theatrical performances, Hollywood films The i Inside and Sahara, and British television shows including Soldier Soldier, EastEnders, Sea of Souls and Doctor Who. She appeared in Holby City from its eighth to eleventh series, from 2006 to 2008, and in 2009 starred in the CBBC musical comedy My Almost Famous Family. In 2017, Ayola took over the role of Hermione Granger in the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Born
Monday, 01 January 1968
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Pact | DS Holland / Christine / Christine Rees | 2021 |
| Grace | ACC Alison Vosper | 2021 |
| Anthony | Gee Walker | 2020 |
| Alex Rider | Jo Byrne | 2020 |
| Noughts + Crosses | Prime Minister Opal Folami | 2020 |
| Brexit | Camilla | 2019 |
| Been So Long | Martina | 2018 |
| Flowers | Morag | 2016 |
| No Offence | Nora Attah | 2015 |
| Code of a Killer | Helena Adarkwa | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Pact | DS Holland / Christine / Christine Rees | 2021 |
| Grace | ACC Alison Vosper | 2021 |
| Anthony | Gee Walker | 2020 |
| Alex Rider | Jo Byrne | 2020 |
| Noughts + Crosses | Prime Minister Opal Folami | 2020 |
| Brexit | Camilla | 2019 |
| Been So Long | Martina | 2018 |
| Flowers | Morag | 2016 |
| No Offence | Nora Attah | 2015 |
| Code of a Killer | Helena Adarkwa | 2015 |
| Under Milk Wood | Voice | 2014 |
| Dredd | Chief Judge | 2012 |
| Now Is Good | Phillippa | 2012 |
| Stella | Hilary | 2012 |
| Black Mirror | Shelly | 2011 |
| Vera | Amber Haleford | 2011 |
| Shetland | Olivia Lennox | 2011 |
| My Almost Famous Family | Shalondra / Shakira / Ella | 2009 |
| Sahara | Mrs. Nwokolo | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Hostess / The Hostess | 2005 |
| Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005 |
| Sea of Souls | Yemi | 2004 |
| The I Inside | Nurse Clayton | 2004 |
| Canterbury Tales | Nicky Constable | 2003 |
| Green-Eyed Monster | Leila | 2002 |
| Murder in Mind | Cally | 2001 |
| Waking the Dead | Pauline | 2000 |
| The Secret Laughter of Women | Talking Drum | 1999 |
| Holby City | Kyla Tyson / Marianne Lawson | 1999 |
| Midsomer Murders | Alice Winning | 1997 |
| Silent Witness | Annie Farmer | 1996 |
| Scarlett | Pansy | 1994 |
| Great Moments in Aviation | Gabriel Angel | 1994 |
| Soldier Soldier | Bernie Roberts | 1991 |
| London's Burning | Nina | 1986 |
| Casualty | Karen Goddard | 1986 |
| Children In Need | Kyla Tyson | 1980 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Pact | 2021 |
| Twelfth Night | 2018 |
| Royal Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night | 2018 |
