Assumpta Serna
Acting • Born 1957-09-16
Biography
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
110 credits
Wild Orchid
Movie • 1989
Hanna Munch
Matador
Movie • 1986
María
The Craft
Movie • 1996
Lirio
Uncertainty
Movie • 2009
Sylvia Montero
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Movie • 2005
Assumpta
Why Not Me?
Movie • 1998
Diane
Bullfighter
Movie • 2000
Ahandra / Allison
I Vicerè
Movie • 2007
Duchess Radalì
The Fencing Master
Movie • 1992
Adela de Otero
The Servant
Movie • 2023
Nostradamus
Movie • 1994
Anne
Sharpe's Eagle
Movie • 1993
Comandante Teresa Moreno
Sharpe's Rifles
Movie • 1993
Comandante Teresa Moreno
The Shooter
Movie • 1995
Marta
Sharpe's Company
Movie • 1994
Comandante Teresa Moreno
Managua
Movie • 1996
Martha
Sharpe's Enemy
Movie • 1994
Comandante Teresa Moreno
Belle al bar
Movie • 1994
Simona
Lola
Movie • 1986
Silvia
Petra de San José
Movie • 2022
Condesa Corbos
I, the Worst of All
Movie • 1990
Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lulú de noche
Movie • 1986
Amelia
Germanes de sang
Movie • 2001
Marga
Rossini! Rossini!
Movie • 1991
Maria Marcolini
Bajo en nicotina
Movie • 1984
Concha
Like a Bolt of Lightning
Movie • 1996
Sonia
Shortcut to Paradise
Movie • 1994
María
Vecinos
Movie • 1981
Aurora
The Secret Garden
Movie • 1984
Lucía
Henry's Romance
Movie • 1993
Judith
Atrapats
Movie • 2012
Crónica sentimental en rojo
Movie • 1986
Blanca Bassegoda
Soldados de plomo
Movie • 1983
Elena
The Wrath of a God
Movie • 1988
Subjúdice
Movie • 1998
Irene
Beyond the Walls
Movie • 1985
La Huéspeda
Ballad of Dog Beach
Movie • 1987
Mena
Hunting Ground
Movie • 1983
Adela
Day of Reckoning
Movie • 1994
Marissa
El método
Movie • 2019
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
Movie • 1992
Judge Cristina Soto
La Brute
Movie • 1987
Solange Vauthier
Sweet Hours
Movie • 1982
Berta, the actress / Teresa, Juan's mother
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Movie • 1988
Agnes von Kurowsky
The Young Girl and Hell
Movie • 1986
Sharpe: The Legend
Movie • 1997
Teresa
L’orgia
Movie • 1978
Montse
Magic Powder
Movie • 1979
Carlota
The Fresco Fiasco
Movie • 2016
Catalan Cuckold
Movie • 1979
Estela (as Assumpta Rodes)
The Neon Man
Movie • 1991
Lynda
The Hidden Truth
Movie • 1987
Rosa
Love Crisis
Movie • 2013
Voice
The Network of Freedom
Movie • 2017
Sœur Hélène Studler
Un si beau voyage
Movie • 2009
Pilar
Stolen Moments
Movie • 1998
Behold the Monkey
Movie • 2016
Le intermittenze del cuore
Movie • 2003
Adriana
La nuit de l'océan
Movie • 1992
Claire
Chain of Desire
Movie • 1993
Cleo
Teresa, Teresa
Movie • 2003
Presentadora TV
Bernarda
Movie • 2018
Bernarda
¡He matado a mi marido!
Movie • 2018
Berta
Valentina
Movie • 1989
Baba Yaga
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
Movie • 1979
Ann
Circle of Passions
Movie • 1983
Elisa di Villafratti
Slaves and Kings
Movie • 2021
Señora Sandoval
Expansivas
Movie • 2020
Irene
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
Movie • 1995
Amanda
El Cepa Returns
Movie • 2019
Self - Actress (Manuela)
Havanera 1820
Movie • 1993
Yvonne Duchamp
Revolver
Movie • 1992
Countess Angela Rossetti
The Crime of Cuenca
Movie • 1981
Manuela
Pepi, Luci, Bom
Movie • 1980
Nuria
National Heritage
Movie • 1981
(uncredited)
Pájaros de ciudad
Movie • 1983
Dos y dos, cinco
Movie • 1981
Teresa
La cripta
Movie • 1981
Isabel Peraplana
La rebelión de los pájaros
Movie • 1982
Teresa
La vieja música
Movie • 1985
Luz
Lucky Ravi
Movie • 1987
Miss Côte d'Azur
Qui t’estima, Babel?
Movie • 1988
Mare
Adelaide
Movie • 1992
Clara
À quoi tu penses-tu ?
Movie • 1992
Mireille
One Hundred and One Nights
Movie • 1995
Mute Actress in Hollywood
Kiss & Tell
Movie • 1997
Dr. Monica DeBirdy
Puro veneno
Movie • 1996
Virginia
The Journeyman
Movie • 2001
Cleopatra
El asesino a sueldo
Movie • 2009
Sra. Kaplan
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Movie • 2001
Sabine Muffat
The Day of Reckoning
Movie • 1990
Hélène
Más cinco
Movie • 2025
Maite
Trash
Movie • 2009
The Collector
Movie • 2025
Pastoris
Movie • 2024
Mesonera
Las Locas del Obelisco
Movie
Madame Emilia
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Anna Cellini
Sharpe
TV • 1993
Teresa Moreno
Borgia
TV • 2011
Vannozza Catanei
The Crackpot
TV • 2014
Kitty Fullola
90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente
TV • 2009
Chantal Casares
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
TV • 1992
Judge Christina Soto
Henry VIII
TV • 2003
Catherine of Aragon
Regards d'enfance
TV • 1993
La Mère
No One Could Live Here
TV • 2003
Marta Puig Llorenç
Valentina
TV • 1989
Baba Yaga
Brigada Central
TV • 1989
Julia
La coleccionista
TV • 2025
The Agency
TV • 2001
Magistrate Michelle Balcer
Chillers
TV • 1990
Hélène