Sara Powell

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

One Night Stand
One Night Stand
Ruth
Ruth
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
The Red Ball
The Red Ball
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster

Filmography

2025 Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024 The Red Ball
as Mother
2024 Too Good to Be True
as Simone
2023 The Killing Kind
as Belinda Grey
2022 National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Polina
2022 The House Across the Street
as Joanne
2022 Murder in Provence
as Cosette Faraud
2019 Last Christmas
as Casting Director
2019 Ruth
as Ruth
2019 Ghosts
as Jacqui
2018 National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2017 Little Boy Blue
as ACC Pat Gallan
2016 Denial
as Reporter
2016 Damned
as Cass
2015 You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Naomi
2013 The Ice Cream Girls
as Fez
2011 Death in Paradise
as Josephine Porter
2010 Florrie's Dragons
as
2007 Holby Blue
as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2006 The Family Man
as