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Rakie Ayola

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  • Producer
  • Soundtrack
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Rakie Ayola
The Pact (UK)
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The Pact (2021– )
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In 2023 Rakie Ayola won the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award for 'The Pact Series 2'. At the same ceremony she received the prestigious BAFTA Cymru Sian Phillips Award. In 2021 she won the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress Award for 'Anthony' by Jimmy McGovern in which she played Gee Walker. In 2020 Rakie won Best Female In A Play at the Black British Theatre Awards.
BornMay 11, 1968
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BornMay 11, 1968
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins total

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    Known for

    Arinzé Kene and Michaela Coel in Been So Long (2018)
    Been So Long
    5.5
    Movie
    • Martina
    • 2018
    Twelfth Night (2018)
    Twelfth Night
    6.9
    Movie
    • Producer
    • 2018
    Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor, Colin Salmon, Joanna Scanlan, and Alexandra Roach in No Offence (2015)
    No Offence
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Nora Attah
    Karl Urban in Dredd (2012)
    Dredd
    7.1
    Movie
    • Chief Judge
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Hope is Lost
      • Hope
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Bad Apples
      • Sylvia
      • Post-production
    • Diamond Sky
      • Suzzane Kirk
      • Completed
    • James Corden, Ruth Jones, Joanna Page, and Mathew Horne in Gavin & Stacey (2007)
      Gavin & Stacey
      8.2
      TV Series
      • The Registrar
      • 2024
    • Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer in Kaos (2024)
      Kaos
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Persephone
      • 2024
    • Tansy Smethurst and Jenaï Gnoan in Hedgehog (2024)
      Hedgehog
      Short
      • Consultant
      • 2024
    • BBC Radio 4: Love Stories
      Podcast Series
      • Shennaghee the Storyteller
      • 2023
    • Below (2023)
      Below
      Podcast Series
      • Michelle
      • 2023
    • John Simm and Richie Campbell in Grace (2021)
      Grace
      7.4
      TV Series
      • ACC Alison Vosper
      • 2021–2023
    • Kate Ashfield, Rakie Ayola, Claudie Blakley, and Indira Varma in The Chat (2023)
      The Chat
      TV Mini Series
      • Heather
      • 2023
    • The Pact (2021)
      The Pact
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Christine
      • DS Holland
      • 2021–2022
    • Dreamflight - Sleepy Stories
      TV Series
      • 2022
    • Doctor Who: Charlotte Pollard - The Further Adventuress (2022)
      Doctor Who: Charlotte Pollard - The Further Adventuress
      Podcast Series
      • Dakota Bly (voice)
      • 2022
    • Alex Rider (2020)
      Alex Rider
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Jo Byrne
      • 2021
    • Paul McGann and Hattie Morahan in Doctor Who: Stranded (2020)
      Doctor Who: Stranded
      6.7
      Podcast Series
      • Professor Victoria Wilks (voice)
      • 2021
    • Zombie Army: Legion of the Dead
      Short
      • Shola
      • 2021
    • Evil Genius 2: World Domination (2021)
      Evil Genius 2: World Domination
      6.9
      Video Game
      • Zalika (voice)
      • 2021
    • Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999)
      Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
      7.9
      Podcast Series
      • Violet Hardaker (voice)
      • 2021

    Producer

    • Hope is Lost
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Tansy Smethurst and Jenaï Gnoan in Hedgehog (2024)
      Hedgehog
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • The Pact (2021)
      The Pact
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Twelfth Night (2018)
      Twelfth Night
      6.9
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Rebecca Grant in Safe Space (2018)
      Safe Space
      6.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Persephone's Playground
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2001

    Soundtrack

    • Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor, Colin Salmon, Joanna Scanlan, and Alexandra Roach in No Offence (2015)
      No Offence
      8.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "Amazing Grace"
      • 2017

    Videos19

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    Trailer 1:34
    Launch Trailer
    Trailer
    Trailer 1:07
    Trailer
    Trailer
    Trailer 1:07
    Trailer
    Now Is Good
    Trailer 2:02
    Now Is Good
    Dredd
    Trailer 2:30
    Dredd
    Now Is Good
    Trailer 1:56
    Now Is Good
    The I Inside
    Trailer 0:59
    The I Inside

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Raki Ayola
    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
    • Born
      • May 11, 1968
      • Cardiff, Wales, UK
    • Spouse
      • Adam Smethurst? - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      She acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest," at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Birmingham, England with Jeffery Kissoon, Richard McCabe, Ginny Holder, Daniel Isaacs, Tony Armatrading, and Geoffrey Freshwater in the cast. Bill Alexander was director.

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