
Sara Powell
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1968-06-23
Place of birth: 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.
Known for

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