Sara Powell
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.
Acting
TV
Doctor Who
as Mary Seacole
2005
Movie
Last Christmas
as Casting Director
2019
Movie
Denial
as Reporter
2016
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Maxine Lockston
1997
TV
Death in Paradise
as Josephine Porter
2011
TV
Ghosts
as Jacqui
2019
TV
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Naomi
2015
TV
Silent Witness
as DS Esther Linden
1996
TV
Hostage
as Kathy Macintyre
2025
TV
Dalgliesh
as Paula Rice
2021
TV
Little Boy Blue
as ACC Pat Gallan
2017
TV
The Killing Kind
as Belinda Grey
2023
TV
Vanity Fair
as Miss Swartz
1998
TV
Murder in Provence
as Cosette Faraud
2022
TV
Murphy's Law
as TV Reporter
2001
TV
Damned
as Cass
2016
Movie
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
TV
Murder Most Horrid
as Staff Nurse Jane
1991
TV
Between the Lines
1992
TV
Judge John Deed
2001
TV
Captivated
as Simone
2024
Movie
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2018
TV
The Ice Cream Girls
as Fez
2013
TV
Holby Blue
as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2007