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