Person
Sara Powell
Acting · Born 1968-06-23 · 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.
Known for
Doctor Who
Mary Seacole
Midsomer Murders
Maxine Lockston
Death in Paradise
Josephine Porter
Silent Witness
DS Esther Linden
Ghosts
Jacqui
Dalgliesh
Paula Rice
Murder Most Horrid
Staff Nurse Jane
Between the Lines
1992
Judge John Deed
2001
Hostage
Kathy Macintyre
Filmography
- 2025HostageKathy Macintyre
- 2025Implosion: The Titanic Sub DisasterSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2024The Red BallMother
- 2024CaptivatedSimone
- 2023The Killing KindBelinda Grey
- 2022National Theatre Live: The SeagullPolina
- 2022The House Across the StreetJoanne
- 2022Murder in ProvenceCosette Faraud
- 2021DalglieshPaula Rice
- 2019Last ChristmasCasting Director
- 2019RuthRuth
- 2019GhostsJacqui
- 2018National Theatre Live: The Madness of George IIILady Elizabeth Pembroke
- 2017Little Boy BlueACC Pat Gallan
- 2016DenialReporter
- 2016DamnedCass
- 2015You, Me and the ApocalypseNaomi
- 2013The Ice Cream GirlsFez
- 2012Public EnemiesDawn Clough
- 2011Death in ParadiseJosephine Porter
- 2010Florrie's Dragons
- 2007Holby BlueRachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
- 2006The Family Man
- 2005Doctor WhoMary Seacole
- 2001Judge John Deed
- 2001Murphy's LawTV Reporter
- 1998Vanity FairMiss Swartz
- 1997Midsomer MurdersMaxine Lockston
- 1996The OfficeJoan
- 1996Silent WitnessDS Esther Linden
- 1995RumbleGeorgy
- 1994One Night StandAnna
- 1992Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
- 1992Between the Lines
- 1991Murder Most HorridStaff Nurse Jane
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