Serena Gordon Explained

Serena Gordon
Birth Date:1963 9, df=y
Birth Place:London, England
Children:2
Years Active:1987–present

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.

Life and career

Born 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

YearFilmCharacterNotes
1987MauriceGladys OlcottUncredited
1987The New StatesmanVictoriaEpisode: Passport to Freedom
1987QueeniePrunella Rumsey2 episodes
1988HannaySimone AngeketellEpisode: Death with Due Notice
1988TumbledownPhyllidaTV movie
1989Act of WillGwenTV mini-series
1989A Tale of Two CitiesLucie Manette2 episodes
1989After the WarAnnie Rose3 episodes
1989Till We Meet AgainJane Longbridge1 episode
1989The Shell SeekersAnnabelTV movie
1990KinseyTricia Mabbott12 episodes
1992The Casebook of Sherlock HolmesLady Eva BlackwellEpisode: The Master Blackmailer
1993RidersJaney HendersonTV movie
1993Dancing QueenSophieTV movie
199499–1Serena Wise1 episode
1994The House of WindsorCaroline Finch6 episodes
1994Blue HeavenShereenEpisode No.1.4
1995ChillerLouise KnightEpisode: Toby
1995GoldenEyeCaroline
1996Tales from the CryptUnknownEpisode: The Kidnapper
1997For My BabyMolly
1997Diana & MeLady Sarah Myers-Booth
1998Speak Like a ChildMatron
1999Tom's Midnight GardenMelody Long
1999AristocratsCaroline5 episodes
2000The House of MirthGwen Stepney
2000Other People's ChildrenElizabeth2 episodes
2001Monarch of the GlenMaryEpisode No.2.1
2001MessiahAlison Reeves2 episodes
2003Silent WitnessSally BowmanEpisode: Answering Fire Part 1 and 2
2004Murder CityMaxine HulmeEpisode: Under the Skin
2005HeartlessShonaTV movie
2005The BillActing Superintendent Amanda Prosser9 episodes
2007NatashaJan Loomis
2007Holby CityElaine TaylorEpisode: Bitter from the Sweet
2002-2008Midsomer MurdersGinny Sharp / Christina Finleyson2 episodes

Notes and References

  1. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1963, p. 106, and 1969, p. 89
  2. Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965, p. 112-113, "Butler formerly of Bourton" pedigree
  3. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 1277
  4. News: How we met: Serena Gordon and Jane Horrocks. The Independent. 15 September 1996.