Sara Powell
Acting Born Jun 23, 1968 Jamaica 24 credits
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.
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Career timeline
Hostage
Captivated
The Killing Kind
Murder in Provence
Dalgliesh
GhostsLast Christmas
Little Boy Blue
DamnedDenial
You, Me and the Apocalypse
The Ice Cream Girls
Public Enemies
Death in Paradise
Florrie's Dragons
Holby Blue
Doctor Who
Judge John DeedMurphy's Law
Vanity Fair
Midsomer Murders
Silent Witness
Between the Lines
Murder Most Horrid
Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Maxine Lockston
- Doctor Who (2005) as Mary Seacole
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Josephine Porter
- Silent Witness (1996) as DS Esther Linden
- Ghosts (2019) as Jacqui
- Dalgliesh (2021) as Paula Rice
- Murder Most Horrid (1991) as Staff Nurse Jane
- Between the Lines (1992)
- Judge John Deed (2001)
- Hostage (2025) as Kathy Macintyre
- Murphy's Law (2001) as TV Reporter
- You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015) as Naomi
- Vanity Fair (1998) as Miss Swartz
- Captivated (2024) as Simone
- Last Christmas (2019) as Casting Director
- The Killing Kind (2023) as Belinda Grey
- Damned (2016) as Cass
- Murder in Provence (2022) as Cosette Faraud
- Little Boy Blue (2017) as ACC Pat Gallan
- Holby Blue (2007) as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
- Denial (2016) as Reporter
- The Ice Cream Girls (2013) as Fez
- Public Enemies (2012) as Dawn Clough
- Florrie's Dragons (2010)