Sara Powell

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

30

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-06-23 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Jamaica

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.

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Doctor Who
7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

Last Christmas
7.2%

Last Christmas

Nov 7, 2019

Denial
6.9%

Denial

Sep 30, 2016

Midsomer Murders
7.5%

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

Death in Paradise
7.5%

Death in Paradise

Oct 25, 2011

Ghosts
8.0%

Ghosts

Apr 15, 2019

Silent Witness
7.6%

Silent Witness

Feb 21, 1996

Little Boy Blue
7.6%

Little Boy Blue

Apr 24, 2017

The Killing Kind
6.3%

The Killing Kind

Sep 7, 2023

Vanity Fair
7.7%

Vanity Fair

Nov 1, 1998

Murphy's Law
7.7%

Murphy's Law

Sep 24, 2001

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Acting

2024
The Red Ball as Mother
2024
Too Good to Be True as Simone
2023
The Killing Kind as Belinda Grey
2022
National Theatre Live: The Seagull as Polina
2022
The House Across the Street as Joanne
2022
Murder in Provence as Cosette Faraud
2019
Last Christmas as Casting Director
2019
Ruth as Ruth
2019
Ghosts as Jacqui
2018
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2017
Little Boy Blue as ACC Pat Gallan
2016
Denial as Reporter
2016
Damned as Cass
2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse as Naomi
2013
The Ice Cream Girls as Fez
2011
Death in Paradise as Josephine Porter
2010
Florrie's Dragons
2007
Holby Blue as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2006
The Family Man
2005
Doctor Who as Mary Seacole
2001
Judge John Deed
2001
Murphy's Law
1998
Vanity Fair as Miss Swartz
1997
Midsomer Murders as Maxine Lockston
1996
Silent Witness as DS Esther Linden
1995
Rumble
1994
One Night Stand as Anna
1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Between the Lines
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Staff Nurse Jane
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