Place of Birth: Jamaica
Sara Powell
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One Night Stand | Anna | 1994 |
| Ruth | Ruth | 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Polina | 2022 |
| The Red Ball | Mother | 2024 |
| Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast | 1992 | |
| Denial | Reporter | 2016 |
| Last Christmas | Casting Director | 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III | Lady Elizabeth Pembroke | 2018 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Murder Most Horrid | Staff Nurse Jane | 1991 |
| Silent Witness | DS Esther Linden | 1996 |
| Between the Lines | 1992 | |
| Holby Blue | Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service) | 2007 |
| Murphy's Law | 2001 | |
| Judge John Deed | 2001 | |
| Rumble | 1995 | |
| The Family Man | 2006 | |
| Ghosts | Jacqui | 2019 |
| Doctor Who | Mary Seacole | 2005 |
| Little Boy Blue | ACC Pat Gallan | 2017 |
| You, Me and the Apocalypse | Naomi | 2015 |
| Vanity Fair | Miss Swartz | 1998 |
| Midsomer Murders | Maxine Lockston | 1997 |
| Damned | Cass | 2016 |
| Too Good to Be True | Simone | 2024 |
| The Killing Kind | Belinda Grey | 2023 |
| The House Across the Street | Joanne | 2022 |
| Death in Paradise | Josephine Porter | 2011 |
| Florries Dragons | 2010 | |
| The Ice Cream Girls | Fez | 2013 |
| Murder in Provence | Cosette Faraud | 2022 |
