Rakie Ayola

Rakie Ayola
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	the hostess, Andrea Davenport
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	2008, 2018-present
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Soldier Soldier, Maisie Raine, Waking the Dead, Eastenders, Canterbury Tales, Holby City, Black Mirror, Silent Witness, Under Milk Wood, King Lear, No Offence, Shetland, Noughts + Crosses, The Terra Nostra
Twitter
IMDb profile

Rakie Ayola (born May 1968) played the hostess in the Doctor Who television story Midnight.

She also voiced several characters for Big Finish Productions.

Outside of Doctor Who, she is perhaps best known for playing Kyla Tyson in Holby City. In 2017, Ayola took over as Hermione Granger in the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

She was busy with Harry Potter around the time that The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Two was recorded.

In 2021, Ayola won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Anthony.

Credits

Television

Doctor Who

• Midnight - the hostess

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

• The Blazing Hour - Violet Hardaker

Stranded

• Twisted Folklore - Professor Victoria Wilks

The Eighth Doctor: The Time War

• The Lords of Terror - Pollia

The Tenth Doctor Adventures

• One Mile Down - Andrea

Torchwood

• Red Base - Emma

God Among Us

• Another Man's Shoes - Andrea Davenport

External links

• Rakie Ayola at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Twitter account
• Interview with Rakie Ayola