Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Sara Powell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Movies: 10Series: 23
TMDB ID: 1221002
IMDb ID: nm0694310
Known for: Acting
Born: June 23, 1968
Age: 57
Place of birth: Jamaica
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1991 - 2025
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 7.26
Wikidata: Q56313918
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sara Powell.
6.4
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
The Red Ball
as Mother
2024 Movie
5.0
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Polina
2022 Movie
7.2
Last Christmas
as Casting Director
2019 Movie
8.0
Ruth
as Ruth
2019 Movie
6.3
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
as Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2018 Movie
6.8
Denial
as Reporter
2016 Movie
The Office
as Joan
1996 Movie
7.0
One Night Stand
as Anna
1994 Movie
5.5
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sara Powell.
6.6
Hostage
as Kathy Macintyre • 4 eps
2025 Series
6.2
Captivated
as Simone • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.3
The Killing Kind
as Belinda Grey • 5 eps
2023 Series
5.0
The House Across the Street
as Joanne • 4 eps
2022 Series
6.9
Murder in Provence
as Cosette Faraud • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.7
Dalgliesh
as Paula Rice • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Ghosts
as Jacqui • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.7
Little Boy Blue
as ACC Pat Gallan • 4 eps
2017 Series
6.3
Damned
as Cass • 6 eps
2016 Series
6.8
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Naomi • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.6
The Ice Cream Girls
as Fez • 3 eps
2013 Series
6.6
Public Enemies
as Dawn Clough • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Josephine Porter • 1 eps
2011 Series
Florrie's Dragons
52 eps
2010 Series
7.1
Holby Blue
as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service) • 20 eps
2007 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as Mary Seacole • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.7
Judge John Deed
1 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Murphy's Law
1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
Vanity Fair
as Miss Swartz • 6 eps
1998 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Maxine Lockston • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Silent Witness
as DS Esther Linden • 2 eps
1996 Series
5.2
Between the Lines
1 eps
1992 Series
6.8
Murder Most Horrid
as Staff Nurse Jane • 1 eps
1991 Series