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Rakie Ayola
Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola (born May 1968) 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''.
Ayola is an advocate of increased ethnic representation in the entertainment industry, and in 2001 founded her own production company, producing the short film ''Persephone's Playground'' for the Cannes film festival in order to further her campaign. In 2006, Ayola was shortlisted for the 'Female Performance in TV' award in the Screen Nation Awards, receiving Honourable Mention in the same category in 2007, and a further shortlisted nomination in 2008. She is married to fellow actor Adam Smethurst, with whom she has two daughters.
== Early life ==
Ayola was born in Cardiff, Wales in May 1968, to a Sierra Leonean mother and a Nigerian father. She was raised by her mother's cousin and his wife in Ely, Cardiff. Ayola's heritage means she is Yoruba by descent, although she does not speak the language. Ayola studied at Windsor Clive Primary and 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 left high school before sitting her A Levels in order to pursue her ambition of becoming an actress. She explains: "I've always wanted to act. I decided at 16 I wanted to make my living acting, but even if I couldn't, I’d be in an amateur theatre company."〔 She then went on to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying for a three-year acting diploma.〔 Her first acting role was for the Welsh Eisteddfod when still at primary school, playing a lady-in-waiting at the court of King Arthur.〔 Ayola has stated that it was Barbra Streisand's performance in ''Hello, Dolly!'' that inspired her to act as a child,〔 though credits her adoptive mother with encouraging her to act professionally.〔 Ayola's first job was selling jeans on Bessemer Road Market in Cardiff. She worked as a chambermaid whilst attending drama school, and, six weeks prior to graduation, was offered a job with the 'Made in Wales' theatre company which enabled her to obtain her union card.〔
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