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