Assumpta Serna
Biography
Assumpta Serna is a Spanish performer and writer who has worked in 20 countries and six languages, and has received more than 20 international awards. Born in Barcelona, she studied law until she was 19 before enrolling at the city's School of Dramatic Arts. She became known for I, the Worst of All (1990), in which she portrayed Sor Juana. In Matador (1986), an early Pedro Almodóvar film, she played opposite Antonio Banderas. Other movie credits include Nostradamus (1994) and The Craft (1996). On television, she was a Spanish guerrilla in the first four Sharpe films, played Anna Cellini in Falcon Crest, and took the role of Catherine of Aragon in Henry VIII (2003). From 2011 to 2014 she appeared as Vannozza dei Cattanei in Borgia. Serna wrote two books on acting, among them a 1999 volume on screen acting that was the first such book in Spanish, and helped form Fundación First Team, which has taught 4,000 students.
69years old
Turns 70 on September 16in 328 days
- Born Barcelona
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as María Asunción Rodés Serna
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 22 years1986 to 2008
Genres
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A first
Serna wrote what was the first book in Spanish about the craft of film acting, "Screen acting or El trabajo del actor de cine", published in 1999.
Early training
Serna studied law until she was 19, then decided she preferred acting and enrolled at Barcelona's School of Dramatic Arts.
Behind the camera
Serna co-produced the documentary Fresco Fiasco with Wildcard UK and acted in Behold the Monkey, both about the Ecce Homo restoration that drew over 200,000 visitors from 170 countries to Borja.
Assumpta Serna movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tom Clegg directed four of these films. Six actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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All films by Tom Clegg
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