Rakie Ayola
Rakie is best known for her performance as Kyla Tyson in
Holby City. Since her first TV role in Soldier
Soldier, she has appeared in programmes including Maisie
Raine, Being April, Sea of Souls and
Eastenders. Her first prominent film role was female lead
in the 1993 film Great Moments In Aviation, in which she
starred alongside Vanessa Redgrave and John Hurt, and her more
recent movie credits include The I Inside with Ryan
Phillippe, Sahara starring Penelope Cruz. Rakie’s stage
career includes a critically acclaimed performance as Dido in
Dido, Queen of Carthage at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in
2003.