
Sara Powell
Acting
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.
TV Shows(25)

Hostage
Kathy Macintyre
2025

Captivated
Simone
2024

The Killing Kind
Belinda Grey
2023

The House Across the Street
Joanne
2022

Murder in Provence
Cosette Faraud
2022

Dalgliesh
Paula Rice
2021

Ghosts
Jacqui
2019

Little Boy Blue
ACC Pat Gallan
2017

Damned
Cass
2016

You, Me and the Apocalypse
Naomi
2015

The Ice Cream Girls
Fez
2013

Public Enemies
Dawn Clough
2012

Death in Paradise
Josephine Porter
2011

Florrie's Dragons
2010

Holby Blue
Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2007
The Family Man
2006

Doctor Who
Mary Seacole
2005

Judge John Deed
2001

Murphy's Law
TV Reporter
2001

Vanity Fair
Miss Swartz
1998

Midsomer Murders
Maxine Lockston
1997

Silent Witness
DS Esther Linden
1996
Rumble
1995

Between the Lines
1992

Murder Most Horrid
Staff Nurse Jane
1991
Movies(10)

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025

The Red Ball
Mother
2024

National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Polina
2022

Last Christmas
Casting Director
2019

Ruth
Ruth
2019

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2018

Denial
Reporter
2016

The Office
Joan
1996

One Night Stand
Anna
1994

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992