
Sara Powell
Acting
Born 1968-06-23 · Jamaica
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.
Known for

Florrie's Dragons
2010 · TV

Holby Blue
2007 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Damned
2016 · TV

Doctor Who
2005 · TV

The Killing Kind
2023 · TV

Captivated
2024 · TV

Little Boy Blue
2017 · TV

Hostage
2025 · TV

The House Across the Street
2022 · TV

Death in Paradise
2011 · TV

Silent Witness
1996 · TV

You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015 · TV

The Ice Cream Girls
2013 · TV

Vanity Fair
1998 · TV

Ghosts
2019 · TV

Murphy's Law
2001 · TV

Dalgliesh
2021 · TV

Murder Most Horrid
1991 · TV

Judge John Deed
2001 · TV

Murder in Provence
2022 · TV

Public Enemies
2012 · TV

Between the Lines
1992 · TV