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Assumpta Serna was born on September 16, 1957 in Barcelona, Spain. She became famous for her roles in I, The Worst of All, portraying the character of Mexico’s religious scholar Sor. Juana, as well in feature films such as Nostradamus, Wild Orchid, and the thriller The Craft. However, Assumpta Serna is most remembered for her character as the Spanish guerrilla commander Teresa Moreno in the first four series of films by Richard Sharpe on ITV. These films were based on the novels of renowned author Bernard Cornwell.

Assumpta Serna’s career covers over sixty-five films, plays and a myriad of television appearances. Being one Spain’s most prolific actresses, Assumpta Serna has garnered more than twenty best actress awards in various award-giving bodies worldwide. A few of the countries which recognized her talents are Spain, France, Italy, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and the United States. She has as well acted in theater and films in over 20 countries and at six different languages.

Because of her superb style in acting, Assumpta Serna was elected a board member of the European Film Academy and is also hailed a member of the American Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, as well as the Spanish Academy of Cinema.

Among the films under Assumpta Serna’s list are Almodovar’s Matador, The Fencing Master, which was Spain’s entry to the 1993 Oscar Awards, The Craft of Columbia, Sam Fuller’s Day of Reckoning, Circle of Passions with Max Von Sydow, and Short Cut to Paradise with Charles Dance. Assumpta Serna has also worked with British actor Sean Bean in Sharpe’s Rifles, as well as Rutger Hauer, F. Murray Abraham, Mickey Rourke and award-winning director Maria Luisa Bemberg.

In 1997, Assumpta Serna took on a different field in the entertainment industry, this time on writing. She wrote her first book entitled Screenacting, which is all about the lectures she taught as an acting coach. This was followed by Monologues in V.O. After the release of Screenacting, Assumpta Serna began holding workshops in universities and film schools, particularly tackling on subjects such as Acting for Camera, Directing Actos and The Script and the Actor.

Assumpta Serna recently served as the President of AISGE, or Actores e Interpretes-Sociedad de Gestion de España, Spain’s principal actors’ organization that deals with the task of managing and regulating the intellectual property rights of over 4600 actor members in the country.

Assumpta Serna has been married to actor Scott Cleverdon. In 2003, she appeared in ITV’s King Henry VIII as Catherine of Aragon, and the TV series Aqui no hay quien viva.