Rukayya Umar Dawaiya (an haife ta a ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 1985) ƴar wasan Kannywood ce daga jihar Kano a Najeriya . An haifi Rukayya Umar Dawayya ranar 17 ga Oktoba 1985 a Kano. Mahaifinta hamshaƙin ɗan kasuwa ne dan garin Matazu jihar Katsina kuma mahaifiyarta 'yar jihar Borno ce . Dawayya ta yi Makarantun Firamare da Sakandare a Kano, ta samu takardar shaidar harshen Larabci a kasar Saudiyya. Dawayya ya kuma samu takardar shaidar kammala Diploma a Mass Communication a Jami’ar Bayero Kano. Rukayya Umar Dawaiya ta fara fitowa a fim a shekarar 2000 a cikin fim dinta na farko mai suna "Dawayya" wanda ya sa aka ba ta sunan Dawayya. A shafinta na yanar gizo, ta bayyana cewa ta yi kaurin suna a cikin fim din Dawayya kuma ya kara mata kwarin gwiwar ci gaba da shirya fina-finai. Dawayya ta yi fina-finai sama da 150 a masana’antar fina-finan Hausa. Dawayya jakadi ne a wasu kamfanoni a ciki da wajen Najeriya. Ita ma ƴar siyasa ce kuma 'yar kasuwa. Dawayya ta yi aure a 2012 kuma ta rabu a 2014. Tana da da wanda aka haifa a Makka Saudi Arabia.