Assumpta Serna
Acting · Production
Born September 16, 1957, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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. Serna was born as Assumpta Rodés Serna in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). She married her co-star in Sharpe's Company, Scott Cleverdon. 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. She has written two books on acting technique, Screenacting and Monologues in VO, 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. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish.
Filmography
- 2026Father's Love — Mother
- 2026Las Locas del Obelisco — Madame Emilia
- 2025Más cinco — Maite
- 2025The Collector
- The Collector — Inés
- 2024Pastoris — Mesonera
- 2023The Christ of the Skull — Executive Producer
- 2023The Servant
- 2022La Misionera de San José — Condesa Corbos
- 2022Petra de San José — Condesa Corbos
- 2021Slaves and Kings — Señora Sandoval
- 2020Expansivas — Irene
- 2019El método
- 2018Bernarda — Bernarda
- 2018¡He matado a mi marido! — Berta
- 2017The Network of Freedom — Sœur Hélène Studler
- 2016Behold the Monkey
- 2016The Fresco Fiasco
- The Crackpot — Kitty Fullola
- 2013Love Crisis — Voice
- 2012Atrapats
- Borgia — Vannozza Catanei
- 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente — Chantal Casares
- 2009El asesino a sueldo — Sra. Kaplan
- 2009Trash
- 2009Un si beau voyage — Pilar
- 2009Uncertainty — Sylvia Montero
- 2007I Vicerè — Duchess Radalì
- 2005The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes — Assumpta
- Aquí no hay quien viva — Marta Puig Llorenç
- Henry VIII — Katherine of Aragon
- 2003Le intermittenze del cuore — Adriana
- 2003Teresa, Teresa — Presentadora TV
- 2001Germanes de sang — Marga
- 2001Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana — Sabine Muffat
- The Agency — Magistrate Michelle Balcer
- 2001The Journeyman — Cleopatra
- 2000Bullfighter — Ahandra / Allison
- 1998Stolen Moments
- 1998Subjúdice — Irene
- 1998Why Not Me? — Diane
- 1997Kiss & Tell — Dr. Monica DeBirdy
- 1997Sharpe: The Legend — Teresa
- 1996Like a Bolt of Lightning — Sonia
- 1996Managua — Martha
- 1996Puro veneno — Virginia
- 1996The Craft — Lirio
- 1995Les Derniers Jours de la victime — Amanda
- 1995One Hundred and One Nights — Mute Actress in Hollywood
- 1995The Shooter — Marta
- 1994Belle al bar — Simona
- 1994Day of Reckoning — Marissa
- 1994Nostradamus — Anne
- 1994Sharpe's Company — Comandante Teresa Moreno
- 1994Sharpe's Enemy — Comandante Teresa Moreno
- 1994Shortcut to Paradise — María
- 1993Havanera 1820 — Yvonne Duchamp
- 1993Henry's Romance — Judith
- Regards d'enfance — La Mère
- Sharpe — Teresa Moreno
- 1993Sharpe's Eagle — Comandante Teresa Moreno
- 1993Sharpe's Rifles — Comandante Teresa Moreno
- 1992Adelaide — Clara
- 1992Chain of Desire — Cleo
- 1992Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel — Judge Cristina Soto
- Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel — Judge Christina Soto
- 1992La nuit de l'océan — Claire
- 1992Revolver — Countess Angela Rossetti
- 1992The Fencing Master — Adela de Otero
- 1992À quoi tu penses-tu ? — Mireille
- 1991Rossini! Rossini! — Maria Marcolini
- 1991The Neon Man — Lynda
- Chillers — Hélène
- 1990I, the Worst of All — Juana Inés de la Cruz
- 1990The Day of Reckoning — Hélène
- Brigada Central — Julia
- 1989Valentina — Baba Yaga
- Valentina — Baba Yaga
- 1989Wild Orchid — Hanna Munch
- 1988Qui t'estima, Babel? — Mare
- 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway — Agnes von Kurowsky
- 1988The Wrath of a God
- 1987Ballad of Dog Beach — Mena
- 1987La Brute — Solange Vauthier
- 1987Lucky Ravi — Miss Côte d'Azur
- 1987The Hidden Truth — Rosa
- 1986Crónica sentimental en rojo — Blanca Bassegoda
- 1986Lola — Silvia
- 1986Lulú de noche — Amelia
- 1986Matador — María
- 1986The Young Girl and Hell
- 1985Beyond the Walls — La Huéspeda
- 1985La vieja música — Luz
- 1984Bajo en nicotina — Concha
- 1984The Secret Garden — Lucía
- 1983Circle of Passions — Elisa di Villafratti
- 1983Hunting Ground — Adela
- 1983Pájaros de ciudad
- 1983Soldados de plomo — Elena
- 1982La rebelión de los pájaros — Teresa
- 1982Sweet Hours — Berta, the actress / Teresa, Juan's mother
- 1981Dos y dos, cinco — Teresa
- Falcon Crest — Anna Cellini
- 1981La cripta — Isabel Peraplana
- 1981National Heritage — (uncredited)
- 1981The Crime of Cuenca — Manuela
- 1981Vecinos — Aurora
- 1980Pepi, Luci, Bom — Nuria
- 19797 cabalgan hacia la muerte — Ann
- 1979Catalan Cuckold — Estela (as Assumpta Rodes)
- 1979Magic Powder — Carlota
- 1978L’orgia — Montse
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2019El Cepa Returns — Self - Actress (Manuela)