Serena Mary Strathearn Gordon (born 3 September 1963) is an English actress. Her roles include Amanda Prosser in police drama The Bill and MI6 evaluator Caroline in 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.
Serena Gordon | |
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| Born | 3 September 1963 London, England |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Children | 2 |
Life and career
editBorn in London, she is the daughter of property consultant Ian Gordon and magistrate Nicola Norman-Butler. Her great-great-grandfather was the Scottish judge and politician Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn; the Norman-Butler family were landed gentry.[1][2][3]
Gordon studied at RADA in the same year as Jane Horrocks, where the two became best friends. After college they shared a flat in Bayswater and celebrated their joint 30th birthday party at the Groucho Club.[4]
Gordon separated from her husband, Tim Laurence in 2011. Together they run the UK branch of the Hoffman Institute, which runs a personal development programme founded by Bob Hoffman in 1967. They have two sons.
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Maurice | Gladys Olcott | Uncredited |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Victoria | Episode: Passport to Freedom |
| 1987 | Queenie | Prunella Rumsey | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Hannay | Simone Angeketell | Episode: Death with Due Notice |
| 1988 | Tumbledown | Phyllida | TV movie |
| 1989 | Act of Will | Gwen | TV mini-series |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Lucie Manette | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | After the War | Annie Rose | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again | Jane Longbridge | 1 episode |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers | Annabel | TV movie |
| 1990 | Kinsey | Tricia Mabbott | 12 episodes |
| 1992 | The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | Lady Eva Blackwell | Episode: The Master Blackmailer |
| 1993 | Riders | Janey Henderson | TV movie |
| 1993 | Dancing Queen | Sophie | TV movie |
| 1994 | 99–1 | Serena Wise | 1 episode |
| 1994 | The House of Windsor | Caroline Finch | 6 episodes |
| 1994 | Blue Heaven | Shereen | Episode No.1.4 |
| 1995 | Chiller | Louise Knight | Episode: Toby |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Caroline | |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | Episode: The Kidnapper |
| 1997 | For My Baby | Molly | |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Lady Sarah Myers-Booth | |
| 1998 | Speak Like a Child | Matron | |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Melody Long | |
| 1999 | Aristocrats | Caroline | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Gwen Stepney | |
| 2000 | Other People's Children | Elizabeth | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Monarch of the Glen | Mary | Episode No.2.1 |
| 2001 | Messiah | Alison Reeves | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Silent Witness | Sally Bowman | Episode: Answering Fire Part 1 and 2 |
| 2004 | Murder City | Maxine Hulme | Episode: Under the Skin |
| 2005 | Heartless | Shona | TV movie |
| 2005 | The Bill | Acting Superintendent Amanda Prosser | 9 episodes |
| 2007 | Natasha | Jan Loomis | |
| 2007 | Holby City | Elaine Taylor | Episode: Bitter from the Sweet |
| 2002-2008 | Midsomer Murders | Ginny Sharp / Christina Finleyson | 2 episodes |
References
edit- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1963, p. 106, and 1969, p. 89
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965, p. 112-113, "Butler formerly of Bourton" pedigree
- ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 1277
- ^ "How we met: Serena Gordon and Jane Horrocks". The Independent. 15 September 1996.
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