ACTOR

Sara Powell

Best known as Rachel Barker (Crown Prosecution Service) in Holby Blue.

8 Appearances

4 Series

4 Films

8.0 Top rated

Personal details

Known for

Acting

Gender

Female

Born

23 Juni 1968 (58)

Place of birth

Jamaica

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.