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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

35

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-06-23 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Jamaica

Also Known As

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

Acting

One Night Stand

1994

One Night Stand

as

Anna

Ruth

2019

Ruth

as

Ruth

The Red Ball

2024

The Red Ball

as

Mother

Denial

2016

Denial

as

Reporter

Last Christmas

2019

Last Christmas

as

Casting Director

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster

2025

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Office

1996

The Office

as

Joan

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid

as

Staff Nurse Jane

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as

DS Esther Linden

Holby Blue

Holby Blue

as

Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)

Ghosts

Ghosts

as

Jacqui

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Mary Seacole

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

as

ACC Pat Gallan

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

as

Miss Swartz

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Maxine Lockston

Damned

Damned

as

Cass

The Killing Kind

The Killing Kind

as

Belinda Grey

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as

Josephine Porter

Murder in Provence

Murder in Provence

as

Cosette Faraud

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as

Paula Rice

Hostage

Hostage

as

Kathy Macintyre

Public Enemies

Public Enemies

as

Dawn Clough

Production

Crew

Directing