Sara Powell
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.
Movie Appearances
One Night Stand
as Anna
1994
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Polina
2022
Ruth
as Ruth
2019
The Red Ball
as Mother
2024
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Denial
as Reporter
2016
Last Christmas
as Casting Director
2019
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2018
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
The Office
as Joan
1996
TV Appearances
Silent Witness
as DS Esther Linden
1996
Between the Lines
1992
Holby Blue
as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2007
Judge John Deed
2001
Rumble
1995
The Family Man
2006
Ghosts
as Jacqui
2019
Doctor Who
as Mary Seacole
2005
Little Boy Blue
as ACC Pat Gallan
2017
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Naomi
2015
Midsomer Murders
as Maxine Lockston
1997
Damned
as Cass
2016