Gwyneth Strong
Born: 1959-12-02 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2011
- In Love with Alma Cogan as Laura
2004
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Katie Soper
- The Missing Postman as WPC Rachel McMahon
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- The Missing Postman as WPC Rachel McMahon
1996
- Silent Witness
- Crimetime as Gwenda
1993
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe as Cynthia
1992
- A Touch of Frost
- Nice Town as Linda Thompson
1991
- Afraid of the Dark as Blind Mother with Baby
1990
- Living with Dinosaurs as Teacher
1989
1987
- Cry Freedom as Girl at Funeral
1986
- Casualty as Elizabeth Brodie
- King of the Ghetto as Sadie Deedes
- King of the Ghetto as Sadie Deedes
1985
- Parker as Andrea
- White City as Girlfriend
1984
- Rainy Day Women as Linda
1983
- Mr. Right as Gloria
1982
- The Story of Ruth as Sharon
1981
- Only Fools and Horses
- The Factory as Penny Shepherd
1980
- Ladies as Anne
- Electric in the City as Kerwin's Follower
- Bloody Kids as Jan, Ken's Girlfriend
- Dark Water as Jo
1979
- Minder as Juror
- No Mama No as Girl junkie
1977
- Age of Hypocrisy as Madeleine & Tempe Iverson
1976
- Early Struggles as Carol
1975
- Angels
- It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow as Jane Bell
- Shadows as HoneyAnn
1974
- Playhouse as Kerwin's Follower
1973
- Nothing But the Night as Mary Valley