Sara Powell
Acting
1968-06-23 · Jamaica
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
Hostage
2025 · Series
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
2025 · Movie
The Red Ball
2024 · Movie
Captivated
2024 · Series
The Killing Kind
2023 · Series
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022 · Movie
The House Across the Street
2022 · Series
Murder in Provence
2022 · Series
Dalgliesh
2021 · Series
Last Christmas
2019 · Movie
Ruth
2019 · Movie
Ghosts
2019 · Series
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018 · Movie
Little Boy Blue
2017 · Series
Denial
2016 · Movie
Damned
2016 · Series
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015 · Series
The Ice Cream Girls
2013 · Series
Public Enemies
2012 · Series
Death in Paradise
2011 · Series
Florrie's Dragons
2010 · Series
Holby Blue
2007 · Series
The Family Man
2006 · Series
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Judge John Deed
2001 · Series
Murphy's Law
2001 · Series
Vanity Fair
1998 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
The Office
1996 · Movie
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Rumble
1995 · Series
One Night Stand
1994 · Movie
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992 · Movie
Between the Lines
1992 · Series
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
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