Sara Powell

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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.

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2025
Hostage
TV show Kathy Macintyre
2025
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
The Red Ball
Movie Mother
2024
Captivated
TV show Simone
2023
The Killing Kind
TV show Belinda Grey
2022
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Movie Polina
2022
The House Across the Street
TV show Joanne
2022
Murder in Provence
TV show Cosette Faraud
2021
Dalgliesh
TV show Paula Rice
2019
Last Christmas
Movie Casting Director
2019
Ruth
Movie Ruth
2019
Ghosts
TV show Jacqui
2018
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Movie Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2017
Little Boy Blue
TV show ACC Pat Gallan
2016
Denial
Movie Reporter
2016
Damned
TV show Cass