Cast & creator
Gwyneth Strong
Best known for Midsomer Murders, EastEnders, Casualty
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.
Also known as: Gwynneth Strong
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television credits
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1962–2017 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (77)
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Midsomer Murders
Katie Soper
1997
EastEnders
Geraldine Clough
1985
Casualty
Elizabeth Brodie
1986Casualty
Ceri Mayland
1986Casualty
Catherine Caldwell
1986Casualty
Margaret Collier
1986
Silent Witness
Patricia Denning
1996
Play for Today
Penny Shepherd
1970Play for Today
Anne
1970Play for Today
Carol
1970Play for Today
Linda
1970
Crown Court
Sandra Petrie
1972
The Bill
Mary Painter
1984
Minder
Juror
1979
Screen Two
Cynthia
1985
ITV Playhouse
Girl junkie
1967
Doctors
Dee
2000
Z-Cars
Janet Hurst
1962
New Tricks
Kim Newley
2004
Playhouse
Kerwin's Follower
1974
A Touch of Frost
DS Bailey
1992
Angels
Evie
1975
Only Fools and Horses
Cassandra Trotter (née Parry)
1981Only Fools and Horses
Cassandra Parry
1981
Dramarama
Rachel's Sister
1983
The Jim Henson Hour
Teacher
1989
Murder in Suburbia
Pat Dawson
2004
The Great Train Robbery
Dorothy
2013
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Cicely Eglinton
1972
Paradise Postponed
Tina Kitson
1986Jubilee 1977
Madeleine Iverson / Tempe Iverson
1977
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
DI Richards
1997
Just William
Lanky Girl
1977
99-1
Charlotte
1994
Shadows
HoneyAnn
1975Shadows
Elizabeth
1975
Edward the Seventh
Minny
1975
Cry Freedom
Girl at Funeral
1987Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Hetty
1999
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
2000
Thin Ice
Cath
1995
Spooky
Alice
1983
King of the Ghetto
Sadie Deedes
1986
The Story of Only Fools And Horses
Self
2017Nice Town
Linda Thompson
1992
The Missing Postman
WPC Rachel McMahon
1997
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Cynthia
1993
Real Women
Janet Crossley
1998
Shrinks
Sally Thornton
1991
Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's
Joyce
1996
Afraid of the Dark
Blind Mother with Baby
1992
Nothing But the Night
Mary Valley
1973
Ladies
Anne
1980
Forgotten
Denise Longden
1999Inside Out
Beverly Grabowski
1985
Bloody Kids
Jan, Ken's Girlfriend
1980Mr. Right
Gloria
1983
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Cassandra Trotter
1991
Dark Water
Jo
1980
Crimetime
Gwenda
1996
Living with Dinosaurs
Teacher
1990
Bosses From Hell
1989
In Love with Alma Cogan
Laura
2011
The Missing Postman
WPC Rachel McMahon
1997
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Jane Bell
1975
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
Self
2002
Rainy Day Women
Linda
1984
Suzie Gold
Darren's Mum
2004
Electric in the City
Kerwin's Follower
1980
The Factory
Penny Shepherd
1981
The Story of Ruth
Sharon
1982
Parker
Andrea
1985The Flockton Flyer
Jan
1977
Early Struggles
Carol
1976
No Mama No
Girl junkie
1979
White City
Girlfriend
1985Age of Hypocrisy
Madeleine & Tempe Iverson
1977