Sara Powell

Sara Powell

Known for
Acting
Born
June 23, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Jamaica

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.

Known For

Filmography

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69

Movie · as Erica

2026
Onwards and Sideways poster

Onwards and Sideways

Movie · as Helen Andrews

2026
Marble Hall Murders poster

Marble Hall Murders

TV · as Dr. Liz Sawyer · 1 ep

2026
Pierre poster

Pierre

TV · as Celeste Jeffreys · 6 eps

2025
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster poster

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2025
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Hostage

TV · as Kathy Macintyre · 4 eps

2024
The Red Ball poster

The Red Ball

Movie · as Mother

2024
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Captivated

TV · as Simone · 4 eps

2023
The Killing Kind poster

The Killing Kind

TV · as Belinda Grey · 5 eps

2022
National Theatre Live: The Seagull poster

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

Movie · as Polina

2022
The House Across the Street poster

The House Across the Street

TV · as Joanne · 4 eps

2022
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Murder in Provence

TV · as Cosette Faraud · 1 ep

2021
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Dalgliesh

TV · as Paula Rice · 1 ep

2021
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Grace

TV · as Cynthia Slater · 1 ep

2019
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Ruth

Movie · as Ruth

2019
Last Christmas poster

Last Christmas

Movie · as Casting Director

2019
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

TV · as Jacqui · 1 ep

2018
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III poster

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

Movie · as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke

2017
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Little Boy Blue

TV · as ACC Pat Gallan · 4 eps

2016
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Denial

Movie · as Reporter

2016
Damned poster

Damned

TV · as Cass · 6 eps

2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse poster

You, Me and the Apocalypse

TV · as Naomi · 3 eps

2013
The Ice Cream Girls poster

The Ice Cream Girls

TV · as Fez Gorringe · 3 eps

2012
Public Enemies poster

Public Enemies

TV · as Dawn Clough · 1 ep

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Josephine Porter · 1 ep

2010
Florrie's Dragons poster

Florrie's Dragons

TV · 52 eps

2007
Holby Blue poster

Holby Blue

TV · as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service) · 20 eps

2006
The Family Man

The Family Man

TV · 3 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Mary Seacole · 1 ep

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 1 ep

2001
Murphy's Law poster

Murphy's Law

TV · as TV Reporter · 1 ep

1998
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

TV · as Miss Swartz · 2 eps

1997
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Midsomer Murders

TV · as Maxine Lockston · 1 ep

1996
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The Office

Movie · as Joan

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as DS Esther Linden · 2 eps

1995
Rumble

Rumble

TV · as Georgy · 6 eps

1994
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One Night Stand

Movie · as Anna

1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast poster

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

Movie

1992
Between the Lines poster

Between the Lines

TV · 1 ep

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Staff Nurse Jane · 1 ep