Sara Powell
Born: 1968-06-23 in Jamaica
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2025
- Hostage as Kathy Macintyre
- Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
- Captivated as Simone
- The Red Ball as Mother
2023
- The Killing Kind as Belinda Grey
2022
- Murder in Provence as Cosette Faraud
- The House Across the Street as Joanne
- National Theatre Live: The Seagull as Polina
2021
- Dalgliesh as Paula Rice
2019
- Ghosts as Jacqui
- Last Christmas as Casting Director
- Ruth as Ruth
2018
- National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2017
- Little Boy Blue as ACC Pat Gallan
2015
- You, Me and the Apocalypse as Naomi
2013
- The Ice Cream Girls as Fez
2012
- Public Enemies as Dawn Clough
2011
- Death in Paradise as Josephine Porter
2010
2007
- Holby Blue as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2006
2005
- Doctor Who as Mary Seacole
2001
- Judge John Deed
- Murphy's Law as TV Reporter
1998
- Vanity Fair as Miss Swartz
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Maxine Lockston
1996
- Silent Witness as DS Esther Linden
- The Office as Joan
1995
- Rumble as Georgy
1994
- One Night Stand as Anna
1991
- Murder Most Horrid as Staff Nurse Jane