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.
Filmography
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Red Ball
2024
as Mother
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022
as Polina
Last Christmas
2019
as Casting Director
Ruth
2019
as Ruth
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018
as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
Denial
2016
as Reporter
The Office
1996
as Joan
One Night Stand
1994
as Anna
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
69
Unreleased
as Erica