Gwyneth Strong
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1959 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Great Train Robbery
TV · as Dorothy · 1 ep
In Love with Alma Cogan
Movie · as Laura
Suzie Gold
Movie · as Darren's Mum
New Tricks
TV · as Kim Newley · 1 ep
Murder in Suburbia
TV · as Pat Dawson · 1 ep
More Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Cassandra Trotter (archive footage)
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
Movie · as Self
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
TV · 12 eps
Doctors
TV · as Dee · 1 ep
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
TV · as Hetty · 16 eps
Forgotten
TV · as Denise Longden · 3 eps
Real Women
TV · as Janet Crossley · 7 eps
The Missing Postman
Movie · as WPC Rachel McMahon
The Missing Postman
TV · as WPC Rachel McMahon · 2 eps
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
TV · as DI Richards · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Katie Soper · 1 ep
Crimetime
Movie · as Gwenda
Silent Witness
TV · as Patricia Denning · 2 eps
Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's
TV · as Joyce · 1 ep
Thin Ice
Movie · as Cath
99-1
TV · as Charlotte · 4 eps
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie · as Cynthia
Afraid of the Dark
Movie · as Blind Mother with Baby
A Touch of Frost
TV · as DS Bailey · 1 ep
Nice Town
TV · as Linda Thompson · 3 eps
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Movie · as Cassandra Trotter
Shrinks
TV · as Sally Thornton · 1 ep
Living with Dinosaurs
Movie · as Teacher
Bosses From Hell
Movie
The Jim Henson Hour
TV · as Teacher · 1 ep
Cry Freedom
Movie · as Girl at Funeral
Casualty
TV · as Elizabeth Brodie, Ceri Mayland, Catherine Caldwell, Margaret Collier · 1 ep
King of the Ghetto
TV · as Sadie Deedes · 4 eps
Paradise Postponed
TV · as Tina Kitson · 3 eps
Parker
Movie · as Andrea
White City
Movie · as Girlfriend
Inside Out
TV · as Beverly Grabowski · 6 eps
Screen Two
TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep
EastEnders
TV · as Geraldine Clough · 6 eps
Rainy Day Women
Movie · as Linda
The Bill
TV · as Mary Painter · 1 ep
Mr. Right
TV · as Gloria · 4 eps
Dramarama
TV · as Rachel's Sister · 1 ep
Spooky
TV · as Alice · 1 ep
The Story of Ruth
Movie · as Sharon
The Factory
Movie · as Penny Shepherd
Only Fools and Horses
TV · as Cassandra Parry · 7 eps
Bloody Kids
Movie · as Jan, Ken's Girlfriend
Dark Water
Movie · as Jo
Ladies
Movie · as Anne
Electric in the City
Movie · as Kerwin's Follower
No Mama No
Movie · as Girl junkie
Minder
TV · as Juror · 1 ep
Age of Hypocrisy
Movie · as Madeleine & Tempe Iverson
Jubilee 1977
TV · as Madeleine Iverson / Tempe Iverson · 1 ep
Just William
TV · as Lanky Girl · 1 ep
The Flockton Flyer
TV · as Jan · 12 eps
Early Struggles
Movie · as Carol
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Movie · as Jane Bell
Shadows
TV · as HoneyAnn, Elizabeth · 1 ep
Angels
TV · as Evie · 1 ep
Edward the Seventh
TV · as Minny · 2 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Kerwin's Follower · 1 ep
Nothing But the Night
Movie · as Mary Valley
The Adventures of Black Beauty
TV · as Cicely Eglinton · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · as Sandra Petrie · 2 eps
Play for Today
TV · as Penny Shepherd, Anne, Carol, Linda · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Girl junkie · 1 ep
Z-Cars
TV · as Janet Hurst · 1 ep