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Sara Powell

Sara Powell

Born: 1968-06-23 • Jamaica

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.

Filmography
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Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
2025 • Self - Narrator (voice)
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The Red Ball
2024 • Mother
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National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022 • Polina
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Last Christmas
2019 • Casting Director
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Ruth
2019 • Ruth
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National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018 • Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
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Denial
2016 • Reporter
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The Office
1996 • Joan
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One Night Stand
1994 • Anna
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Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992