Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola is a Welsh actress known for her work in theatre and television. Ayola has appeared in television shows including Black Mirror, Noughts + Crosses, Doctor Who, and Silent Witness.
Rakie Ayola Age, Husband, Full Name
Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola (born May 1968) 54 years of age is a Welsh actress known for her work in theatre and television. Ayola has appeared in television shows including Black Mirror, Noughts + Crosses, Doctor Who, Silent Witness, and EastEnders, a number of Shakespearean theatrical performances, and feature films such as Great Moments in Aviation, The i Inside, and Sahara.
She appeared as Kyla Tyson in the BBC medical drama Holby City from its eighth to the eleventh series. During a 1998 production of Hamlet, Ayola met her future husband, fellow actor Adam Smethurst – son of Love Thy Neighbour star Jack Smethurst.
They met again two years later, during the production of Twelfth Night, and went on to become a couple. The pair married in May 2004, and Ayola gave birth to their first daughter, Tansy, in July of that year. Their second daughter, Shani, was born in January 2009