In 2023 Rakie Ayola won the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award for 'The Pact Series 2'. At the same ceremony she received the prestigious BAFTA Cymru Sian Phillips Award. In 2021 she won the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress Award for 'Anthony' by Jimmy McGovern in which she played Gee Walker. In 2020 Rakie won Best Female In A Play at the Black British Theatre Awards.