Sara Powell
Born
June 23, 1968 (57 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Jamaica
Sara Powell (born 23 June 1968) is a British-Jamaican stage, screen and voice-over actress and audiobook narrator. Her regular television roles include crown prosecutor Rachel Barker in the BBC's police procedural drama HolbyBlue (2007–2008), driver Sally Reid in ITV's firefighting drama London's Burning (1993–1994) and psychologist Cass in Channel 4's sitcom Damned (2016–2018). She also played historical figure Mary Seacole in the thirteenth series of the BBC One long-running science fiction series Doctor Who (2021), as well as a number of other characters in its spin-off audio dramas, produced by Big Finish Productions.
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
The Red Ball
Mother
2024
Too Good to Be True
Simone · (4 episodes)
2024
The Killing Kind
Belinda Grey · (5 episodes)
2023
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Polina
2022
The House Across the Street
Joanne · (4 episodes)
2022
Murder in Provence
Cosette Faraud · (1 episode)
2022
Last Christmas
Casting Director
2019
Ruth
Ruth
2019
Ghosts
Jacqui · (1 episode)
2019
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2018
Little Boy Blue
ACC Pat Gallan · (4 episodes)
2017
Denial
Reporter
2016
Damned
Cass · (6 episodes)
2016
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Naomi · (3 episodes)
2015
The Ice Cream Girls
Fez · (3 episodes)
2013
Death in Paradise
Josephine Porter · (1 episode)
2011
Florrie's Dragons
(52 episodes)
2010
Holby Blue
Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service) · (20 episodes)
2007
The Family Man
(3 episodes)
2006
Doctor Who
Mary Seacole · (1 episode)
2005
Judge John Deed
(1 episode)
2001
Murphy's Law
(1 episode)
2001
Vanity Fair
Miss Swartz · (6 episodes)
1998
Midsomer Murders
Maxine Lockston · (1 episode)
1997
Silent Witness
DS Esther Linden · (2 episodes)
1996
Rumble
(1 episode)
1995
One Night Stand
Anna
1994
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Between the Lines
(1 episode)
1992
Murder Most Horrid
Staff Nurse Jane · (1 episode)
1991