Serena Gordon

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Serena Gordon
Born (1963-09-03) 3 September 1963 (age 60)
London, England
Years active1987–present
Spouses
  • Tim Laurence
    (m. 2011,divorced)
  • Adam Douglas
    (m. 2013)
Children2

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 .

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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
1987 Maurice Gladys OlcottUncredited
1987 The New Statesman VictoriaEpisode: Passport to Freedom
1987 Queenie Prunella Rumsey2 episodes
1988 Hannay Simone AngeketellEpisode: Death with Due Notice
1988 Tumbledown PhyllidaTV movie
1989 Act of Will GwenTV mini-series
1989 A Tale of Two Cities Lucie Manette2 episodes
1989After the WarAnnie Rose3 episodes
1989 Till We Meet Again Jane Longbridge1 episode
1989 The Shell Seekers AnnabelTV movie
1990 Kinsey Tricia Mabbott12 episodes
1993 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Lady Eva Blackwell Episode: The Master Blackmailer
1993 Riders Janey HendersonTV movie
1993 Dancing Queen SophieTV movie
199499–1Serena Wise1 episode
1994 The House of Windsor Caroline Finch6 episodes
1994 Blue Heaven ShereenEpisode No.1.4
1995 Chiller Louise KnightEpisode: Toby
1995 GoldenEye Caroline
1996 Tales from the Crypt UnknownEpisode: The Kidnapper
1997 For My Baby Molly
1997 Diana & Me Lady Sarah Myers-Booth
1998Speak Like a ChildMatron
1999 Tom's Midnight Garden Melody Long
1999 Aristocrats Caroline5 episodes
2000 The House of Mirth Gwen Stepney
2000 Other People's Children Elizabeth2 episodes
2001 Monarch of the Glen MaryEpisode No.2.1
2001 Messiah Alison Reeves2 episodes
2003 Silent Witness Sally BowmanEpisode: Answering Fire Part 1 and 2
2004 Murder City Maxine HulmeEpisode: Under the Skin
2005HeartlessShonaTV movie
2005 The Bill Acting Superintendent Amanda Prosser9 episodes
2007 Natasha Jan Loomis
2007 Holby City Elaine TaylorEpisode: Bitter from the Sweet
2002-2008 Midsomer Murders Ginny Sharp / Christina Finleyson2 episodes

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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. "How we met: Serena Gordon and Jane Horrocks". The Independent. 15 September 1996.