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

Midsomer Murders

Maxine Lockston

Death in Paradise

Josephine Porter

Doctor Who

Mary Seacole

Silent Witness

DS Esther Linden

Ghosts

Jacqui

Between the Lines

Vanity Fair

Miss Swartz

Murder Most Horrid

Staff Nurse Jane

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Too Good to Be True	Simone
2023	The Killing Kind	Belinda Grey
2022	The House Across the Street	Joanne
2022	Murder in Provence	Cosette Faraud
2019	Ghosts	Jacqui
2017	Little Boy Blue	ACC Pat Gallan
2016	Damned	Cass
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Naomi
2013	The Ice Cream Girls	Fez
2011	Death in Paradise	Josephine Porter
2010	Florrie's Dragons
2007	Holby Blue	Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2006	The Family Man
2005	Doctor Who	Mary Seacole
2001	Murphy's Law
2001	Judge John Deed
1998	Vanity Fair	Miss Swartz
1997	Midsomer Murders	Maxine Lockston
1996	Silent Witness	DS Esther Linden
1995	Rumble
1992	Between the Lines
1991	Murder Most Horrid	Staff Nurse Jane