 both Maisie Raine and Being April , deeming Quirke to be a " fantastic " actress , and one she would work alongside again " like a shot " . In 1996 , Ayola appeared at the National Theatre in Helen Edmundson 's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy 's War and Peace . In 2001 , she became a presenter of the BBC Wales arts programme Double Yellow , alongside poet Owen Sheers and performance artist Mark Rees . She posed nude but for a pair of yellow rubber gloves to promote the show 's launch , and was highly critical of the BBC when the show was cancelled midway through its second series . She has since concluded that " the kind of audience they would like to bring in with shows like Double Yellow aren 't really into watching TV " , but at the time was outspoken against the show 's cancellation , stating :   Ayola 's other notable television appearances include the BBC psychological thriller Green @-@ Eyed Monster ( 2001 ) , soap opera EastEnders ( 2001 ) , Waking the Dead ( 2001 ) , London 's Burning ( 2001 ) , Offenders ( 2002 ) , Murder in Mind ( 2003 ) , The Canterbury Tales ( 2003 ) and Sea of Souls ( 2004 ) . In 2008 , she starred in the Doctor Who episode " Midnight " , playing an intergalactic Hostess alongside David Tennant 's Tenth Doctor . In 2009 , Ayola starred in the CBBC musical comedy My Almost Famous Family . She stated : " The script made me laugh out loud when I read it . [ ... ] I also like the fact that there were a lot of politically @-@ correct boxes being ticked , but the writers and producer haven 't been restrained by that . " So , instead of bowing to this altar , they 've said , ' Okay , we have this family that 's half @-@ black , half @-@ white , half @-@ American , half @-@ British . We have a mix of boys and girls , one character who 's mixed @-@ raced and deaf – but we 're not going to be restrained by any of that . We 're not going to tiptoe around Martha 's disability or anything . ' I liked that . It wasn 't some sort of reverential hands @-@ off approach to what we 're presenting . " She has also been cast in the film Dredd .   = = = Holby City = = =   From 7 February 2006 to 9 December 2008 , Ayola starred in BBC medical drama Holby City as nurse Kyla Tyson . She had previously appeared in Holby City 's sister show Casualty , and had made an appearance in Holby City 's fifth series as patient Marianne Lawson . She was approached about returning to the show in a more permanent role by BBC casting director Julie Harkin . After a series of three meetings , a year after the birth of her first child , she agreed to assume the role of Kyla , despite being " nervous about signing such a long contract " , stating : " I 've been someone who 's loved the uncertainty of acting . I 've loved that one month it 's Sahara in Morocco and the next I 'm doing a stage play , then it 's a six @-@ part telly thing . But last summer I started thinking it would be really nice not to have to look for a job every couple of weeks . It would be nice just to stay put for a while . If I 'm going to be a working mum I 'd rather just be one rather than be one intermittently . And then Holby came along , so I 'm very grateful " .   Ayola signed a three @-@ year contract to play Kyla , and described herself as " very similar " to her character , speaking positively about her working relationship with co @-@ stars Jaye Jacobs and Sharon D. Clarke , as well as the " dream " storylines her character was given . She said of the show :   " I really love Holby and I 'm surprised how much . What thrills me about Holby is that you get back what you put in . The powers that be are only as interested in you as they think you are in the job . For me it 's about more than turning up and saying the lines . It 's about understanding it and trying to make it better . That 's actually a lot of fun . What 's great is nobody says , ' Just shut up . ' They want you to work at it . [ ... ] I surprise myself sometimes because after two and a half years sometimes I see friends on the side of a poster and I think , ' do I want to do something else ? ' but I really like this job , I never get that awful ‘ dread ’ feeling when you really don ’ t want to go into work . "   In October 2008 , Ayola announced that she would be departing from Holby
Ġboth ĠMa is ie ĠR aine Ġand ĠBeing ĠApril Ġ, Ġdeem ing ĠQu ir ke Ġto Ġbe Ġa Ġ" Ġfantastic Ġ" Ġactress Ġ, Ġand Ġone Ġshe Ġwould Ġwork Ġalongside Ġagain Ġ" Ġlike Ġa Ġshot Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1996 Ġ, ĠAy ola Ġappeared Ġat Ġthe ĠNational ĠTheatre Ġin ĠHelen ĠEdmund son Ġ' s Ġadaptation Ġof ĠLeo ĠTol st oy Ġ' s ĠWar Ġand ĠPeace Ġ. ĠIn Ġ2001 Ġ, Ġshe Ġbecame Ġa Ġpresenter Ġof Ġthe ĠBBC ĠWales Ġarts Ġprogramme ĠDouble ĠYellow Ġ, Ġalongside Ġpoet ĠOwen ĠShe ers Ġand Ġperformance Ġartist ĠMark ĠRe es Ġ. ĠShe Ġposed Ġnude Ġbut Ġfor Ġa Ġpair Ġof Ġyellow Ġrubber Ġgloves Ġto Ġpromote Ġthe Ġshow Ġ' s Ġlaunch Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġhighly Ġcritical Ġof Ġthe ĠBBC Ġwhen Ġthe Ġshow Ġwas Ġcancelled Ġmidway Ġthrough Ġits Ġsecond Ġseries Ġ. ĠShe Ġhas Ġsince Ġconcluded Ġthat Ġ" Ġthe Ġkind Ġof Ġaudience Ġthey Ġwould Ġlike Ġto Ġbring Ġin Ġwith Ġshows Ġlike ĠDouble ĠYellow Ġaren Ġ' t Ġreally Ġinto Ġwatching ĠTV Ġ" Ġ, Ġbut Ġat Ġthe Ġtime Ġwas Ġoutspoken Ġagainst Ġthe Ġshow Ġ' s Ġcancellation Ġ, Ġstating Ġ: Ġ Ġ ĠAy ola Ġ' s Ġother Ġnotable Ġtelevision Ġappearances Ġinclude Ġthe ĠBBC Ġpsychological Ġthriller ĠGreen Ġ@ - @ ĠEy ed ĠMonster Ġ( Ġ2001 Ġ) Ġ, Ġsoap Ġopera ĠEast End ers Ġ( Ġ2001 Ġ) Ġ, ĠW aking Ġthe ĠDead Ġ( Ġ2001 Ġ) Ġ, ĠLondon Ġ' s ĠBurning Ġ( Ġ2001 Ġ) Ġ, ĠOff enders Ġ( Ġ2002 Ġ) Ġ, ĠMurder Ġin ĠMind Ġ( Ġ2003 Ġ) Ġ, ĠThe ĠCanterbury ĠTales Ġ( Ġ2003 Ġ) Ġand ĠSea Ġof ĠSouls Ġ( Ġ2004 Ġ) Ġ. ĠIn Ġ2008 Ġ, Ġshe Ġstarred Ġin Ġthe ĠDoctor ĠWho Ġepisode Ġ" ĠMidnight Ġ" Ġ, Ġplaying Ġan Ġinter gal actic ĠHost ess Ġalongside ĠDavid ĠTenn ant Ġ' s ĠTenth ĠDoctor Ġ. ĠIn Ġ2009 Ġ, ĠAy ola Ġstarred Ġin Ġthe ĠCB BC Ġmusical Ġcomedy ĠMy ĠAlmost ĠFamous ĠFamily Ġ. ĠShe Ġstated Ġ: Ġ" ĠThe Ġscript Ġmade Ġme Ġlaugh Ġout Ġloud Ġwhen ĠI Ġread Ġit Ġ. Ġ[ Ġ... Ġ] ĠI Ġalso Ġlike Ġthe Ġfact Ġthat Ġthere Ġwere Ġa Ġlot Ġof Ġpolitically Ġ@ - @ Ġcorrect Ġboxes Ġbeing Ġtick ed Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġwriters Ġand Ġproducer Ġhaven Ġ' t Ġbeen Ġrestrained Ġby Ġthat Ġ. Ġ" ĠSo Ġ, Ġinstead Ġof Ġb owing Ġto Ġthis Ġaltar Ġ, Ġthey Ġ' ve Ġsaid Ġ, Ġ' ĠOkay Ġ, Ġwe Ġhave Ġthis Ġfamily Ġthat Ġ' s Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ Ġblack Ġ, Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ Ġwhite Ġ, Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġ, Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ ĠBritish Ġ. ĠWe Ġhave Ġa Ġmix Ġof Ġboys Ġand Ġgirls Ġ, Ġone Ġcharacter Ġwho Ġ' s Ġmixed Ġ@ - @ Ġraced Ġand Ġdeaf ĠâĢĵ Ġbut Ġwe Ġ' re Ġnot Ġgoing Ġto Ġbe Ġrestrained Ġby Ġany Ġof Ġthat Ġ. ĠWe Ġ' re Ġnot Ġgoing Ġto Ġt ipt oe Ġaround ĠMartha Ġ' s Ġdisability Ġor Ġanything Ġ. Ġ' ĠI Ġliked Ġthat Ġ. ĠIt Ġwasn Ġ' t Ġsome Ġsort Ġof Ġreve rent ial Ġhands Ġ@ - @ Ġoff Ġapproach Ġto Ġwhat Ġwe Ġ' re Ġpresenting Ġ. Ġ" ĠShe Ġhas Ġalso Ġbeen Ġcast Ġin Ġthe Ġfilm ĠD redd Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠHol by ĠCity Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠFrom Ġ7 ĠFebruary Ġ2006 Ġto Ġ9 ĠDecember Ġ2008 Ġ, ĠAy ola Ġstarred Ġin ĠBBC Ġmedical Ġdrama ĠHol by ĠCity Ġas Ġnurse ĠKyl a ĠTyson Ġ. ĠShe Ġhad Ġpreviously Ġappeared Ġin ĠHol by ĠCity Ġ' s Ġsister Ġshow ĠCasual ty Ġ, Ġand Ġhad Ġmade Ġan Ġappearance Ġin ĠHol by ĠCity Ġ' s Ġfifth Ġseries Ġas Ġpatient ĠMarian ne ĠLawson Ġ. ĠShe Ġwas Ġapproached Ġabout Ġreturning Ġto Ġthe Ġshow Ġin Ġa Ġmore Ġpermanent Ġrole Ġby ĠBBC Ġcasting Ġdirector ĠJulie ĠH arkin Ġ. ĠAfter Ġa Ġseries Ġof Ġthree Ġmeetings Ġ, Ġa Ġyear Ġafter Ġthe Ġbirth Ġof Ġher Ġfirst Ġchild Ġ, Ġshe Ġagreed Ġto Ġassume Ġthe Ġrole Ġof ĠKyl a Ġ, Ġdespite Ġbeing Ġ" Ġnervous Ġabout Ġsigning Ġsuch Ġa Ġlong Ġcontract Ġ" Ġ, Ġstating Ġ: Ġ" ĠI Ġ' ve Ġbeen Ġsomeone Ġwho Ġ' s Ġloved Ġthe Ġuncertainty Ġof Ġacting Ġ. ĠI Ġ' ve Ġloved Ġthat Ġone Ġmonth Ġit Ġ' s ĠSahara Ġin ĠMorocco Ġand Ġthe Ġnext ĠI Ġ' m Ġdoing Ġa Ġstage Ġplay Ġ, Ġthen Ġit Ġ' s Ġa Ġsix Ġ@ - @ Ġpart Ġtell y Ġthing Ġ. ĠBut Ġlast Ġsummer ĠI Ġstarted Ġthinking Ġit Ġwould Ġbe Ġreally Ġnice Ġnot Ġto Ġhave Ġto Ġlook Ġfor Ġa Ġjob Ġevery Ġcouple Ġof Ġweeks Ġ. ĠIt Ġwould Ġbe Ġnice Ġjust Ġto Ġstay Ġput Ġfor Ġa Ġwhile Ġ. ĠIf ĠI Ġ' m Ġgoing Ġto Ġbe Ġa Ġworking Ġmum ĠI Ġ' d Ġrather Ġjust Ġbe Ġone Ġrather Ġthan Ġbe Ġone Ġintermitt ently Ġ. ĠAnd Ġthen ĠHol by Ġcame Ġalong Ġ, Ġso ĠI Ġ' m Ġvery Ġgrateful Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAy ola Ġsigned Ġa Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġcontract Ġto Ġplay ĠKyl a Ġ, Ġand Ġdescribed Ġherself Ġas Ġ" Ġvery Ġsimilar Ġ" Ġto Ġher Ġcharacter Ġ, Ġspeaking Ġpositively Ġabout Ġher Ġworking Ġrelationship Ġwith Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġstars ĠJay e ĠJacobs Ġand ĠSharon ĠD . ĠClarke Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġthe Ġ" Ġdream Ġ" Ġstorylines Ġher Ġcharacter Ġwas Ġgiven Ġ. ĠShe Ġsaid Ġof Ġthe Ġshow Ġ: Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠI Ġreally Ġlove ĠHol by Ġand ĠI Ġ' m Ġsurprised Ġhow Ġmuch Ġ. ĠWhat Ġthr ills Ġme Ġabout ĠHol by Ġis Ġthat Ġyou Ġget Ġback Ġwhat Ġyou Ġput Ġin Ġ. ĠThe Ġpowers Ġthat Ġbe Ġare Ġonly Ġas Ġinterested Ġin Ġyou Ġas Ġthey Ġthink Ġyou Ġare Ġin Ġthe Ġjob Ġ. ĠFor Ġme Ġit Ġ' s Ġabout Ġmore Ġthan Ġturning Ġup Ġand Ġsaying Ġthe Ġlines Ġ. ĠIt Ġ' s Ġabout Ġunderstanding Ġit Ġand Ġtrying Ġto Ġmake Ġit Ġbetter Ġ. ĠThat Ġ' s Ġactually Ġa Ġlot Ġof Ġfun Ġ. ĠWhat Ġ' s Ġgreat Ġis Ġnobody Ġsays Ġ, Ġ' ĠJust Ġshut Ġup Ġ. Ġ' ĠThey Ġwant Ġyou Ġto Ġwork Ġat Ġit Ġ. Ġ[ Ġ... Ġ] ĠI Ġsurprise Ġmyself Ġsometimes Ġbecause Ġafter Ġtwo Ġand Ġa Ġhalf Ġyears Ġsometimes ĠI Ġsee Ġfriends Ġon Ġthe Ġside Ġof Ġa Ġposter Ġand ĠI Ġthink Ġ, Ġ' Ġdo ĠI Ġwant Ġto Ġdo Ġsomething Ġelse Ġ? Ġ' Ġbut ĠI Ġreally Ġlike Ġthis Ġjob Ġ, ĠI Ġnever Ġget Ġthat Ġawful ĠâĢ ĺ Ġdread ĠâĢ Ļ Ġfeeling Ġwhen Ġyou Ġreally Ġdon ĠâĢ Ļ Ġt Ġwant Ġto Ġgo Ġinto Ġwork Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠOctober Ġ2008 Ġ, ĠAy ola Ġannounced Ġthat Ġshe Ġwould Ġbe Ġdeparting Ġfrom ĠHol by