Lisa Bowerman

Lisa Bowerman (born 1 February 1962) is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Sandra Mute, the paramedic, in the first two series of the BBC One medical drama Casualty, and Doctor Who companion Professor Bernice Summerfield in the long running audio series of the same name and many related audio dramas for Big Finish Productions productions, as well as directing many series for the company.

Career Bowerman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a regular in the first two series of BBC medical drama Casualty playing Sandra Mute, the show's first female paramedic. Her other television work includes: Dodgem, The Count of Solar, Grange Hill, The Vision Thing, Doctors, McCallum, Bad Girls and Night and Day. In 2007 she guest-starred as the home secretary's PA in Spooks, and returned to Casualty for a one-episode cameo role as a patient. In 2011 and 2012, she appeared in five episodes of Coronation Street as solicitor Jennifer Lingwood and more recently guested in the ITV/Disney+ drama The Stolen Girl

In July 2014 Bowerman directed episodes 1 and 2 of the audio drama series Osiris by Everybodyelse Productions. In 2018 she directed The Coming of the Martians (also known as The War of The Worlds), starring Colin Morgan, Nigel Lindsay and Ronald Pickup, for Sherwood Sound Studios. She has also directed When Michael Met Benny, a podcast drama as well as an adaptations of Charles Dickens's The Chimes (starring Toby Jones), The Cricket on the Hearth with a casting including Graham Fellows and The Haunted Man starring Paterson Joseph, all for Average Romp Productions.

Bowerman has recorded plays for BBC Radios 3 & 4, and has worked extensively in theatre. She plays the role of Julianne Wright in The Archers.

Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield Bowerman has had a connection with the British science fiction television series Doctor Who—and its assorted spinoffs—since 1989. For the BBC, she played the role of Karra in Survival (the final serial in the original run of Doctor Who in 1989), and voiced Saruba Velak in Dreamland (a 2009 animated serial connected to the revived series). In November 2013 she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

Since 1998, Bowerman has played companion Bernice Summerfield in the Big Finish Productions series of the same name. She appeared in six Bernice Summerfield/ Doctor Who audio plays opposite Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace, as well as four boxed sets opposite her partner David Warner as the 'Unbound Doctor'; she has starred in over 150 audio plays and audiobooks based solely on Bernice. It is now acknowledged as the longest running female led drama series in any medium. Bowerman has also either directed or played supporting roles in numerous other Big Finish audio series: the latter roles have included Ruby in the Sapphire & Steel stories "Water Like a Stone", "Cruel Immortality" and "Second Sight", Murash in "I, Davros: Guilt" and Ellie in 14 series of Jago & Litefoot starring Trevor Baxter and Christopher Benjamin.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 1986–1987 Casualty Sandra Mute 15 episodes1989 Doctor Who Karra Survival, 3 episodes1990 EastEnders Policewoman Episode: "1.536"1991 Dodgem Miss Baker 2 episodes1992 Grange Hill Photographer Episode: "#15.5"1992 Screen Two Maid Episode: "The Count of Solar"1993 Seekers Stable Girl 1993 Screenplay Miss Anderson Episode: "The Vision Thing"1997 McCallum Nurse Episode: "Touch"2001 2020, History of the Future Dr. Simons Episode: "#1.1"2003 Night and Day Dr. O'Hara 4 episodes2004 Bad Girls Doctor Episode: "#6.7"2007 Casualty Mrs. Lowe Episode: "Core Values"2007 Spooks Maggie Dibden Episode: "The Virus: Part 2"2007 Doctors Val Thornton Episode: "Acting Up"2009 Dreamland Saruba Velak Voice; 3 episodes2010 Doctors Cynthia Tompkins Episode: "Sonata"2011–2012 Coronation Street Jennifer Lingwood 5 episodes 2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Lisa Bowerman 2014 Hollyoaks Forensics Officer Episode: "#1.13846" 2017 Doctors Dr. Claire Jayratnum 2 episodes 2017 The Magical Music Box Spider Voice; Episode: "House of Terrors" Valkyrie/Dr. Roberts Voice; Episode: "The Valkyries" 2018 The Self Tapers Tilly Millington-Marriner Episode: "#1.5" 2019 The Magical Music Box Nicole Voice; Episode: "In the Spotlight" 2020 Gentrification Tilly All 9 episodes 2020 The Little Back Street in Salford Olive Shapley 2025 The Stolen Girl Maria Blix 3 episodes