Acting
Gwyneth Strong
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
Only Fools And Horses: The Lost Archive
Series · 2026
The Story of Only Fools And Horses
Series · 2017
The Great Train Robbery
Series · 2013
In Love with Alma Cogan
Film · 2011
Suzie Gold
Film · 2004
New Tricks
Series · 2004
Murder in Suburbia
Series · 2004
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
Film · 2002
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
Series · 2000
Doctors
Series · 2000
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Series · 1999
Forgotten
Series · 1999
Real Women
Series · 1998
The Missing Postman
Film · 1997
The Missing Postman
Series · 1997
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Crimetime
Film · 1996
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's
Series · 1996
Thin Ice
Film · 1995
99-1
Series · 1994
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Film · 1993
Afraid of the Dark
Film · 1992
A Touch of Frost
Series · 1992
Nice Town
Series · 1992
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Film · 1991
Shrinks
Series · 1991
Living with Dinosaurs
Film · 1990
Bosses From Hell
Film · 1989
The Jim Henson Hour
Series · 1989
Cry Freedom
Film · 1987
Casualty
Series · 1986
King of the Ghetto
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Paradise Postponed
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Parker
Film · 1985
White City
Film · 1985
Inside Out
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
EastEnders
Series · 1985
Rainy Day Women
Film · 1984
The Bill
Series · 1984
Mr. Right
Series · 1983
Dramarama
Series · 1983
Spooky
Series · 1983
The Story of Ruth
Film · 1982
The Factory
Film · 1981
Only Fools and Horses
Series · 1981
Only Fools and Horses
Series · 1981
Bloody Kids
Film · 1980
Dark Water
Film · 1980
Ladies
Film · 1980
Electric in the City
Film · 1980
No Mama No
Film · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Age of Hypocrisy
Film · 1977
Jubilee 1977
Series · 1977
Just William
Series · 1977
The Flockton Flyer
Series · 1977
Early Struggles
Film · 1976
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Film · 1975
Shadows
Series · 1975
Angels
Series · 1975
Shadows
Series · 1975
Edward the Seventh
Series · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Nothing But the Night
Film · 1973
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Series · 1972
Crown Court
Series · 1972
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Z-Cars
Series · 1962