Gwyneth Strong
Acting
Born: December 2, 1959 (age 66) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
1997
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Cry Freedom
1987
Silent Witness
1996
Casualty
1986
A Touch of Frost
1992
New Tricks
2004
Nothing But the Night
1973
Afraid of the Dark
1991
Minder
1979
Photos (3)
Movies (24)
Cry Freedom
Girl at Funeral
Thin Ice
Cath
Electric in the City
Kerwin's Follower
The Missing Postman
WPC Rachel McMahon
Bosses From Hell
1989
Nothing But the Night
Mary Valley
Living with Dinosaurs
Teacher
Crimetime
Gwenda
Suzie Gold
Darren's Mum
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Cynthia
Dark Water
Jo
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Cassandra Trotter
Bloody Kids
Jan, Ken's Girlfriend
Early Struggles
Carol
Afraid of the Dark
Blind Mother with Baby
Parker
Andrea
Ladies
Anne
Rainy Day Women
Linda
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Jane Bell
The Factory
Penny Shepherd
White City
Girlfriend
In Love with Alma Cogan
Laura
The Story of Ruth
Sharon
No Mama No
Girl junkie
TV Shows (44)
Midsomer Murders
Katie Soper · 1 eps
Play for Today
Penny Shepherd · 1 eps
Play for Today
Anne · 1 eps
Play for Today
Carol · 1 eps
Play for Today
Linda · 1 eps
Casualty
Elizabeth Brodie · 1 eps
Casualty
Ceri Mayland · 3 eps
Casualty
Catherine Caldwell · 1 eps
Casualty
Margaret Collier · 1 eps
Silent Witness
Patricia Denning · 2 eps
EastEnders
Geraldine Clough · 6 eps
New Tricks
Kim Newley · 1 eps
A Touch of Frost
DS Bailey · 1 eps
Minder
Juror · 1 eps
Crown Court
Sandra Petrie · 2 eps
Screen Two
Cynthia · 1 eps
Doctors
Dee · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Girl junkie · 1 eps
The Bill
Mary Painter · 1 eps
Z-Cars
Janet Hurst · 1 eps
Playhouse
Kerwin's Follower · 1 eps
Only Fools and Horses
Cassandra Trotter (née Parry) · 6 eps
Only Fools and Horses
Cassandra Parry · 4 eps
Angels
Evie · 1 eps
Dramarama
Rachel's Sister · 1 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
Teacher · 1 eps
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
DI Richards · 1 eps
Murder in Suburbia
Pat Dawson · 1 eps
Edward the Seventh
Minny · 2 eps
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Cicely Eglinton · 1 eps
The Great Train Robbery
Dorothy · 1 eps
Shadows
HoneyAnn · 1 eps
Shadows
Elizabeth · 1 eps
99-1
Charlotte · 4 eps
Just William
Lanky Girl · 1 eps
Paradise Postponed
Tina Kitson · 3 eps
Spooky
Alice · 1 eps
Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's
Joyce · 1 eps
King of the Ghetto
Sadie Deedes · 4 eps
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
12 eps
The Missing Postman
WPC Rachel McMahon · 2 eps
Shrinks
Sally Thornton · 1 eps
Real Women
Janet Crossley · 7 eps
Forgotten
Denise Longden · 3 eps
