
Assumpta Serna
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.
Acting (88 movies)

Wild Orchid
1989

Matador
1986

The Craft
1996

Uncertainty
2009

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005

Why Not Me?
1998

Bullfighter
2000

I Vicerè
2007

The Fencing Master
1992

The Servant
2023

Nostradamus
1994

Sharpe's Eagle
1993

Sharpe's Rifles
1993

The Shooter
1995

Sharpe's Company
1994

Managua
1996

Sharpe's Enemy
1994

Belle al bar
1994

Lola
1986

Petra de San José
2022

I, the Worst of All
1990

Lulú de noche
1986

Rossini! Rossini!
1991

Bajo en nicotina
1984

Like a Bolt of Lightning
1996

Shortcut to Paradise
1994

Vecinos
1981

The Secret Garden
1984

Henry's Romance
1993

Atrapats
2012

Crónica sentimental en rojo
1986

Soldados de plomo
1983

The Wrath of a God
1988

Subjúdice
1998

Beyond the Walls
1985

Ballad of Dog Beach
1987

Hunting Ground
1983

Day of Reckoning
1994

El método
2019

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992

La Brute
1987

Sweet Hours
1982

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988

The Young Girl and Hell
1986

Sharpe: The Legend
1997

L’orgia
1978

Magic Powder
1979

Catalan Cuckold
1979

The Hidden Truth
1987

Love Crisis
2013

The Network of Freedom
2017

Un si beau voyage
2009

Stolen Moments
1998

Behold the Monkey
2016

Le intermittenze del cuore
2003

La nuit de l'océan
1992

Chain of Desire
1992

Teresa, Teresa
2003

Bernarda
2018

¡He matado a mi marido!
2018

Valentina
1989

7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979

Circle of Passions
1983

Slaves and Kings
2021

Expansivas
2020

Les Derniers Jours de la victime
1995

El Cepa Returns
2019

Havanera 1820
1993

Revolver
1992

The Crime of Cuenca
1981

Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980

National Heritage
1981

Pájaros de ciudad
1983

Dos y dos, cinco
1981

La cripta
1981

La vieja música
1985

Qui t’estima, Babel?
1988

À quoi tu penses-tu ?
1992

One Hundred and One Nights
1995

Kiss & Tell
1997

The Journeyman
2001

El asesino a sueldo
2009

Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
2001

The Day of Reckoning
1990

Más cinco
2025

Trash
2009

The Collector
2025

Pastoris
2024
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Christ of the Skull | 2023 | Executive Producer |