Quick Facts
Biography
Serena Gordon (born 3 September 1963) is an English actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Acting Superintendent Amanda Prosser in the long running ITV drama The Bill as well as her role in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye as the MI6 psychological and psychiatric evaluator Caroline.
Life and career
Born in London, she is the daughter of property consultant Ian Strathearn Gordon, and magistrate Nicola Mary Gordon. She studied at RADA in the same year as Jane Horrocks, where the two became best friends. After college they shared a flat in Bayswater. They shared their joint 30th birthday party at the Groucho Club.
Gordon separated from her husband, Tim Laurence in 2011. Together they still run the UK branch of the Hoffman Institute, which presents a psychological programme founded by Bob Hoffman in 1967. They have two sons.
In 2013, Serena Gordon married Adam Douglas who is an antiquarian books dealer, with two children Raphael and Brigit Douglas, in Arundel, West Sussex.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The New Statesman – Episode: Passport to Freedom (TV) | Victoria |
| 1987 | Queenie (miniseries) | Prunella Rumsey |
| 1988 | Hannay – Episode: Death with Due Notice (TV) | Simone Angeketell |
| 1988 | Tumbledown (TV) | Phyllida |
| 1989 | Act of Will (TV) | Gwen |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities – TV mini-series | Lucie Manette |
| 1989 | After the War – TV mini-series | Annie Rose |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again – TV mini-series | Jane Longbridge |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers (TV) | Annabel |
| 1990 | Kinsey – TV series | Tricia Mabbott |
| 1993 | The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes – Episode: The Master Blackmailer | Lady Eva Blackwell |
| 1993 | Riders (TV) | Janey Henderson |
| 1993 | Dancing Queen (TV) | Sophie |
| 1994 | 99–1 – TV series | Serena Wise |
| 1994 | The House of Windsor – TV series | Caroline Finch |
| 1994 | Blue Heaven – Episode No.1.4 | Shereen |
| 1995 | Chiller – Episode: Toby | Louise Knight |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Caroline |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt – Episode: The Kidnapper | Unknown |
| 1997 | For My Baby | Molly |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Sarah |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Melody Long |
| 1999 | Aristocrats | Caroline |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Gwen Stepney |
| 2000 | Other People's Children 2 episodes | Elizabeth |
| 2001 | Monarch of the Glen – Episode No.2.1 | Mary |
| 2001 | Messiah (TV) | Alison Reeves |
| 2003 | Silent Witness – Episode: Answering Fire Part 1 | Sally Bowman |
| 2004 | Murder City – Episode: Under the Skin | Maxine Hulme |
| 2005 | Heartless (TV) | Shona |
| 2005 | The Bill – 9 episodes | Acting Superintendent Amanda Prosser |
| 2006 | Natasha | Jan Loomis |
| 2007 | Holby City – Episode: Bitter from the Sweet | Elaine Taylor |
| 2002–2008 | Midsomer Murders – 2 episodes | Ginny Sharp (Market for Murder) and Christina Finleyson (Midsomer Life) |