Sara Powell

Acting

Sara Powell

Born June 23, 1968Jamaica35 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Hostage
2025Hostage
as Kathy MacintyreTV
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
2025Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
The Red Ball
2024The Red Ball
as MotherMovie
Captivated
2024Captivated
as SimoneTV
The Killing Kind
2023The Killing Kind
as Belinda GreyTV
Murder in Provence
2022Murder in Provence
as Cosette FaraudTV
Dalgliesh
2021Dalgliesh
as Paula RiceTV
Last Christmas
2019Last Christmas
as Casting DirectorMovie
Ruth
2019Ruth
as RuthMovie
Ghosts
2019Ghosts
as JacquiTV
Little Boy Blue
2017Little Boy Blue
as ACC Pat GallanTV
Denial
2016Denial
as ReporterMovie
Damned
2016Damned
as CassTV
Public Enemies
2012Public Enemies
as Dawn CloughTV
Death in Paradise
2011Death in Paradise
as Josephine PorterTV
Holby Blue
2007Holby Blue
as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)TV
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who
as Mary SeacoleTV
Murphy's Law
2001Murphy's Law
as TV ReporterTV
Vanity Fair
1998Vanity Fair
as Miss SwartzTV
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murders
as Maxine LockstonTV
The Office
1996The Office
as JoanMovie
Silent Witness
1996Silent Witness
as DS Esther LindenTV
Murder Most Horrid
1991Murder Most Horrid
as Staff Nurse JaneTV