Gwyneth Strong
Known for: Acting
Gwyneth Strong is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses as Cassandra, the love interest and, later, wife of Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Strong's first acting appearance was in the Royal Court Theatre's production Live Like Pigs, when she was eleven. In 1973, whilst a pupil at Holland Park School, she appeared in the horror film Nothing But the Night as Mary Valley, and she was a regular in the children's TV series The Flockton Flyer between 1977 and 1979, as Jan Carter. As well as her prominent role in the later series of Only Fools and Horses, she has appeared in the "Observation" segment about Detective Samantha Smith made for the 1990 series of The Krypton Factor, the two-part drama serial The Missing Postman as WPC Rachel McMahon, the BBC drama Real Women from 1997 to 1998, as Hetty in ITV's Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999), and in BBC drama Casualty in 2013 as Jim Brodie's wife, Elizabeth. Strong featured in the television film It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow (1975), written by Bernard Kops and directed by John Goldschmidt, depicting the real-life drama of the Bethnal Green tube disaster in the Second World War. She also appeared in the "True Confessions" two-part episode of the series A Touch of Frost, reuniting her on screen with her Only Fools and Horses co-star David Jason. She appeared on the West End stage in 2008, in the musical Our House, in which she played Kath Casey. In May 2010, Strong appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders. On 16 September 2016, she joined the cast of the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, in the recurring role of Geraldine Clough. Strong married former Footballers' Wives and Eldorado star Jesse Birdsall on 15 July 2000. They have one son Oscar (born 1988), and one daughter Lottie (born 1991) She now lives in Bexhill, East Sussex.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Katie Soper
1997
Series
Play for Today
Penny Shepherd
1970
Series
Play for Today
Anne
1970
Series
Play for Today
Carol
1970
Series
Play for Today
Linda
1970
Series
EastEnders
Geraldine Clough
1985
Series
Silent Witness
Patricia Denning
1996
Series
Casualty
Elizabeth Brodie
1986
Series
Casualty
Ceri Mayland
1986
Series
Casualty
Catherine Caldwell
1986
Series
Casualty
Margaret Collier
1986
Series
Doctors
Dee
2000
Series
Minder
Juror
1979
Series
Screen Two
Cynthia
1985
Series
Crown Court
Sandra Petrie
1972
Series
A Touch of Frost
DS Bailey
1992
Series
ITV Playhouse
Girl junkie
1967
Series
The Bill
Mary Painter
1984
Series
New Tricks
Kim Newley
2004
Series
Z-Cars
Janet Hurst
1962
Series
Playhouse
Kerwin's Follower
1974
Series
Only Fools and Horses
Cassandra Trotter (née Parry)
1981
Series
Only Fools and Horses
Cassandra Parry
1981
Series
Angels
Evie
1975
Series
Dramarama
Rachel's Sister
1983
Series
The Jim Henson Hour
Teacher
1989
Series
Murder in Suburbia
Pat Dawson
2004
Series
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Cicely Eglinton
1972
Series
Just William
Lanky Girl
1977
Series
Edward the Seventh
Minny
1975
Jubilee 1977
Madeleine Iverson / Tempe Iverson
1977
Series
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
DI Richards
1997
Series
Paradise Postponed
Tina Kitson
1986
The Flockton Flyer
Jan
1977
Series
Shadows
HoneyAnn
1975
Series
Shadows
Elizabeth
1975
Series
The Great Train Robbery
Dorothy
2013
Series
99-1
Charlotte
1994
Series
Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's
Joyce
1996
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Hetty
1999
Film
Cry Freedom
Girl at Funeral
1987
Series
Spooky
Alice
1983
Series
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
2000
Series
Shrinks
Sally Thornton
1991
Series
Real Women
Janet Crossley
1998
Series
The Story of Only Fools And Horses
Self
2017
Series
The Missing Postman
WPC Rachel McMahon
1997
Film
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Cynthia
1993
Film
Suzie Gold
Darren's Mum
2004
Nice Town
Linda Thompson
1992
Film
Nothing But the Night
Mary Valley
1973
Film
Dark Water
Jo
1980
Series
Forgotten
Denise Longden
1999
Film
Crimetime
Gwenda
1996
Series
King of the Ghetto
Sadie Deedes
1986
Film
Living with Dinosaurs
Teacher
1990
Film
Afraid of the Dark
Blind Mother with Baby
1991
Film
Bosses From Hell
1989
Film
Bloody Kids
Jan, Ken's Girlfriend
1980
Film
Rainy Day Women
Linda
1984
Film
Early Struggles
Carol
1976
Mr. Right
Gloria
1983
Film
The Missing Postman
WPC Rachel McMahon
1997
Film
Electric in the City
Kerwin's Follower
1980
Inside Out
Beverly Grabowski
1985
Film
Thin Ice
Cath
1995
Film
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Cassandra Trotter
1991
Film
In Love with Alma Cogan
Laura
2011
Film
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
Self
2002
Film
King of the Ghetto
Sadie Deedes
1986
Film
The Factory
Penny Shepherd
1981
Film
Parker
Andrea
1985
Film
White City
Girlfriend
1985
Film
Ladies
Anne
1980
Film
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Jane Bell
1975
Film
No Mama No
Girl junkie
1979
Film
The Story of Ruth
Sharon
1982
Age of Hypocrisy
Madeleine & Tempe Iverson
1977