Assumpta Serna
Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. Serna has performed in 20 countries in six languages and is the recipient of more than 20 international awards.
Also recorded as María Asunción Rodés Serna
Assumpta Serna

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- Birth Name
- María Asunción Rodés Serna
- Born
- 16 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Languages
- Catalan, Spanish and English.
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Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. Serna has performed in 20 countries in six languages and is the recipient of more than 20 international awards.
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Assumpta Serna (born 1957) is a Spanish actor, actress and film actor, among other activities. The actor was born in Barcelona. Assumpta Serna is a member of Catalan Academy of Cinema. Languages used include Catalan, English and French.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — María Asunción Rodés Serna • Born — 16 September 1957 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1978–present María Asunción Rodés Serna (born 16 September 1957), better known as Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. Serna has performed in 20 countries in six languages and is the recipient of more than 20 international awards.
Biography
Biography
Serna was born in Barcelona, Spain. She studied law until she was 19, after which she "preferred being an actor" and joined the Barcelona's School of Dramatic Arts. In 1994, she married her co-star in Sharpe's Company, Scott Cleverdon, who portrayed Lieutenant Harry Price in the film.
Acting career
Acting career
In her career as an actress, Serna felt she was more successful in foreign countries than in her own country. Speaking in a 2016 interview, she said:
Television
Television
Serna is known for portraying a Spanish guerrilla in the first four of ITV's Sharpe series of television films based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell, Anna Cellini in Falcon Crest and Catherine of Aragon in Henry VIII opposite Helena Bonham Carter and Ray Winstone. She also acted on the popular Spanish TV series Aquí no hay quien viva. From 2011 to 2014, Serna played one of the female leads, Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, in Tom Fontana's historical drama Borgia. She co-produced with Wildcard UK a documentary called Fresco Fiasco and acted in the movie Behold the Monkey, two films about the famous restoration of the Ecce Homo which attracted more than 200,000 visitors from 170 countries to the little town of Borja to see the painting. Both projects were seen in February 2016 on the Sky Arts network in the UK.
Educator and other work
Educator and other work
Serna has written two books on acting technique: Screen acting or El trabajo del actor de cine (1999), which was the first book to be written in Spanish regarding the craft of film-acting, and Monologues in V.O. (2001), a resource for auditioning actors. They formed Fundación First Team and, since 2000, have taught 4,000 students in 6 countries in collaboration with various film schools and film festivals. The last workshop was at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico. Foundation First Team always include disabled and under-privileged people in their courses. Through Foundation First Team, Serna has published First Female directors of Spanish movies, written by Conchita Martínez Tejedor. Serna served as President of AISGE (Actores e Intérpretes – Sociedad de Gestión de España), Spain's society of managing intellectual property rights for actors.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the name Assumpta Serna. The authorities additionally record the heading María Asunción Rodés Serna.

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La actriz española Assumpta Serna en la 73 edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, donde recibió la Medalla de honor.
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Serna is known for her starring role in I, the Worst of All (1990) portraying the Mexican poet, philosopher and proto-feminist Sor Juana. She co-starred with Antonio Banderas in Matador (1986), one of the first films by Pedro Almodóvar, and she appeared in such films as Wild Orchid (1990), Chain of Desire (1992), Nostradamus (1994), The Shooter (1995), The Craft (1996) and Kiss & Tell (1997). Although she predominantly played European roles, Serna has also played Colombians in the films Managua with Louis Gossett Jr. and Drug Wars in Michael Mann's series. Her most recent movie is ¡He matado a mi marido! (filmed October–November 2016) directed by Francisco Lupini, with María Conchita Alonso and Eduardo Yáñez.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q437182: Assumpta Serna
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- “Assumpta Serna”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Serna, Assumpta (1957–), Journeys of Desire, 2006
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- 1.Nuria Vidal. Assumpta Serna. Icaria Editorial. 167. 1993. 9788474262117.
- 2.María Asunción Rodés Serna, * 1957. Geneall.net.
- 3.GOLDSTEIN, PATRICK. Love, Anarchy--Passions of Assumpta Serna. Los Angeles Times. 17 July 1988.
- 4.revista hola nº 2598 año 1994. carlona de monac – Comprar Revista Hola en todocoleccion – 53514169. Todocoleccion.net. 23 April 2007.
- 5.Assumpta Serna: "La menopausia me costó un año de depresión y otro para salir de ella". El Español.
- 6.Pauline Kael. 5001 Nights at the Movies. Henry Holt and Company. 470. 2 August 2011. 9781250033574.
- 7.Taylor & Francis. Variety TV REV 1991–92 17 – Prouty. Talentsguadalajara.com. 280. 2016. 9780824037963.
- 8.Crew — ¡He matado a mi marido!. Hematadoamimarido.com.
- 9.Amadoresdelcine.blogspot.com.es. Los Amadores Del Cine: La Actriz Española Assumpta Serna Protagoniza La Comedia "He Matado A Mi Marido", De Francisco Lupini-Basagoiti. 6 November 2016.
- 10.TP. Islantillacineforum.files.wordpress.com.
- 11.YouTube. Falcon Crest Opening Complete Guest Cast. 1 June 2014.
- 12."Borgia" llega a Cosmopolitan TV. Mundoplus.tv.
- 13.YouTube. Estreno del Documental "Fresco fiasco". 7 July 2016.
- 14.SKY Box Sets. Go.sdky.com. 2016.
- 15.El Eccehomo de Borja salta a la televisión británica. Abc.es. 17 June 2016.
- 16.Serna, Assumpta. El trabajo del actor de cine. Cátedra. 1999. 978-84-376-1705-3.
- 17.Serna, Assumpta. El trabajo del actor de cine. Catedra. 1999. 978-8437617053.
- 18.Serna, Assumpta. Monólogos en V.O: para chicos y chicas, hombres y mujers. Editorial La Avispa. 2001. 978-84-95489-36-4.
- 19.Programa de Actividades. Talentsguadalajara.com. 2016.
- 20.El sector de la discapacidad pide no quedar fuera de las series de TV. Europapress.es. 21 May 2015.
- 21.Cursos Interpretación Cinematográfica : Escuela actores first team. Fundacionfirstteam.org. 20 June 2014.
- 22.César Iglesias Rebollo. Bibliografia espańola sobre Propiedad Intelectual 1987–2000. Editorial Reus. 129. January 2002. 9788429013788.
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