
Sara Powell
Known For
Acting
Born
1968-06-23 in 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.
Most Known For

Midsomer Murders
as Maxine Lockston

Doctor Who
as Mary Seacole

Death in Paradise
as Josephine Porter

Silent Witness
as DS Esther Linden

Ghosts
as Jacqui

Dalgliesh
as Paula Rice

Between the Lines

Hostage
as Kathy Macintyre

Judge John Deed

Murder Most Horrid
as Staff Nurse Jane

Last Christmas
as Casting Director

You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Naomi

Murphy's Law

Vanity Fair
as Miss Swartz

Captivated
as Simone

Murder in Provence
as Cosette Faraud

Damned
as Cass

The Killing Kind
as Belinda Grey

Denial
as Reporter

Little Boy Blue
as ACC Pat Gallan