Assumpta Serna
Actor, Film actor
1957 –
Who is Assumpta Serna?
Assumpta Serna is a Spanish actress. She is known for her roles in I, The Worst of All portraying famous Mexican religious scholar Sor Juana, Nostradamus, The Craft, and Wild Orchid, although she may be most remembered for her role as Peninsular War guerrilla commander Teresa Moreno in the first four of the ITV Richard Sharpe series of films based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell.
Serna was born as María Asunción Rodés Serna in Barcelona, Catalonia. She married her co-star in Sharpe's Company, Scott Cleverdon, who portrayed Lieutenant Harry Price in the film. She has also appeared in the 2003 ITV television drama on King Henry VIII as Catherine of Aragon, and the Spanish TV series Aquí no hay quien viva.
In 2011 Serna plays one of the female leads, Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, future Pope Alexander VI, in Tom Fontana's historical drama Borgia.
She has written two books on acting technique, "Screenacting" and "Monologues in V.O." and currently teaches courses "Acting for Camera", "Directing Actors" and "The Script and the Actor" at various acting schools and workshops. She has also served as president of AISGE, Actores e Intérpretes — Sociedad de Gestión de España, Spain's principal actors' union.
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- Born
- Sep 16, 1957
Barcelona - Also known as
- María Asunción Rodés Serna
- Assumpta Rodes
- Assunpta Rodes
- Asumpta Rodes
- Ada Rodier
- Assumpta Rodés Serna
- Asunción Rodés Serna
- Spouses
- Scott Cleverdon
(1993/05/03 - ) - Carlos Tristancho
(1982/05/05 - 1985/08/15)
- Scott Cleverdon
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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