Meet Assumpta Serna, born María Asunción Rodés Serna on September 16, 1957, a Spanish actress reppin’ Barcelona, Catalonia. She’s got mad skills, known for playin’ Sor Juana, the famous Mexican scholar, in I, the Worst of All (1990). She also popped off as Teresa Moreno, a guerrilla commander, in the first four ITV Richard Sharpe flicks, based on Bernard Cornwell’s novels.
Assumpta’s been in the industry with roles alongside Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s Matador (1986), plus movies like Wild Orchid (1990), Chain of Desire (1992), Nostradamus (1994), The Shooter (1995), The Craft (1996), and Kiss & Tell (1997). She tied the knot with Scott Cleverdon, her co-star who played Lieutenant Harry Price in Sharpe’s Company. You might’ve caught her in Falcon Crest, as Catherine of Aragon in the 2003 ITV drama Henry VIII, or in the Spanish TV series Aquí no hay quien viva.
In 2011, she played Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI), in Tom Fontana’s Borgia. Assumpta’s also droppin’ knowledge, writin’ two books, Screenacting and Monologues in V.O., and teachin’ classes like “Acting for Camera,” “Directing Actors,” and “The Script and the Actor” at acting schools. She’s been runnin’ things as president of AISGE, Spain’s main actors’ union, too.
