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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Jamaica

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Movie Involvements: 7

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(2005) Mary Seacole
Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Maxine Lockston
Silent Witness
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8

Silent Witness

(1996) DS Esther Linden
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
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6

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster

(2025) Narrator (voice)
Murder in Provence
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7

Murder in Provence

(2022) Cosette Faraud
Too Good to Be True
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4

Too Good to Be True

(2024) Simone
Vanity Fair
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8

Vanity Fair

(1998) Miss Swartz
Little Boy Blue
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8

Little Boy Blue

(2017) ACC Pat Gallan

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Narrator (voice)
2024 Mother
Simone
2023 Belinda Grey
2022 Polina
Joanne
Cosette Faraud
2019 Casting Director
Ruth
Jacqui
2018 Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
2017 ACC Pat Gallan
2016 Reporter
Cass
2015 Naomi
2013 Fez
2011 Josephine Porter
2010 N/A
2007 Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service)
2006 N/A
2005 Mary Seacole
2001 N/A
N/A
1998 Miss Swartz
1997 Maxine Lockston
1996 DS Esther Linden
1995 N/A
1994 Anna
1992 N/A
N/A
1991 Staff Nurse Jane
Year Character Movie/Tv

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