[1] Bakray was born around 2002[2] in Hackney, east London to Christian Nigerian parents.

She attended Clapton Girls' Academy and Cardinal Pole Catholic School.

[5][6][7][8] Bakray joined the RADA Youth Company and enrolled in the Originate Actor Training programme at Theatre Peckham.

[11][12] In 2021, Bakray made her television debut as Bless in the BBC One series You Don't Know Me.

This was followed in 2023 by roles as Kim in the Apple TV+ series Liaison and Dione in the Netflix horror film The Strays with Ashley Madekwe.