Sara Powell
ActingSara 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.
Movies
Self - Narrator (voice)
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
2025
Mother
The Red Ball
2024
Polina
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022
Casting Director
Last Christmas
2019
Ruth
Ruth
2019
Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018
Reporter
Denial
2016
Joan
The Office
1996
Anna
One Night Stand
1994
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
TV Shows
Kathy Macintyre
Hostage
2025
Simone
Captivated
2024
Belinda Grey
The Killing Kind
2023
Joanne
The House Across the Street
2022
Cosette Faraud
Murder in Provence
2022
Paula Rice
Dalgliesh
2021
Jacqui
Ghosts
2019
ACC Pat Gallan
Little Boy Blue
2017
Cass
Damned
2016
Naomi
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
Fez Gorringe
The Ice Cream Girls
2013
Dawn Clough
Public Enemies
2012
Josephine Porter
Death in Paradise
2011
Florrie's Dragons
2010
Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
Holby Blue
2007
Mary Seacole
Doctor Who
2005
Judge John Deed
2001
TV Reporter
Murphy's Law
2001
Miss Swartz
Vanity Fair
1998
Maxine Lockston
Midsomer Murders
1997