Assumpta Serna

María Asunción Rodés Serna, known professionally as Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. She became known through films like Matador, Nostradamus, The Craft and Wild Orchid. Assumpta Serna went nude on screen as early as L' Orgia in 1978, and again in Matador. She was born on September 16, 1957, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Many viewers remember her best as guerrilla commander Teresa Moreno in the first four parts of ITV's Sharpe series. She also played Catherine of Aragon in a 2003 ITV drama about King Henry VIII. Away from the camera, she wrote two acting books, Screenacting and Monologues in VO, and teaches acting courses. Her other work includes The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes and Balada Da Praia Dos Caes from 1987.