If longevity counts for anything, Assumpta Serna is a Spanish actress who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. She has been working on screen for more than 48 years. Playing Lirio in 'The Craft' put her in front of the widest audience of the career. There is 'Wild Orchid' as well. Viewing habits have changed more than once since the first credit. Casting directors have gone to her for drama more than for anything else.
Assumpta Serna
Actress
69 years (Sep 16, 1957)Barcelona, SpainBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
If longevity counts for anything, Assumpta Serna is a Spanish actress who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. She has been working on screen for more than 48 years. Playing Lirio in 'The Craft' put her in front of the widest audience of the career. There is 'Wild Orchid' as well. Viewing habits have changed more than once since the first credit. Casting directors have gone to her for drama more than for anything else.
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.