Rakie Ayola

Welsh actress Rakie Olufunmilayo business ayol she is. She was born in May 1968 in Cardiff, Sierra Leone to a Nigerian mother and father, and was raised by the city of Ely in the heart of every mother's cousin and his wife. She studied at Glan Ely High School, and was a member of the Orbit Youth Theatre, South Glamorgan Youth Theatre, South Glamorgan Youth Choir and the National Youth Theatre of Wales. She went on to attend the Royal Welsh College of music and drama, studying for a three-year acting diploma.