Sara Powell

Sara Powell

55 · Born: Jun 23, 1968

Personal Details

Born Jun 23, 1968 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.

Career

2024
The Red Ball
The Red Ball as Mother
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Too Good to be True
Too Good to be True as Simone
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2022
The House Across the Street
The House Across the Street as Joanne
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2021
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Mary Seacole
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2019
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise as Josephine Porter
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2018
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
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2017
Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue as ACC Pat Gallan
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2016
Damned
Damned as Cass
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2010
Florrie's Dragons
Florrie's Dragons
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2008
My Zinc Bed
My Zinc Bed as Maxine
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2007
Holby Blue
Holby Blue as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
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2002
Silent Witness
Silent Witness as DS Esther Linden
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1998
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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