Gwyneth Strong

Gwyneth Strong (born 2 December 1959) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Cassandra, the love interest and, later, wife of Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) in Only Fools and Horses (1989–2003), and for playing Geraldine Clough in seven episodes of EastEnders in 2016. She has also appeared in Shadows, Angels (1976), Crown Court and Z-Cars (both 1977), Play for Today (1980–1984), Silent Witness (1996) and Casualty (2026).

Career Strong's first acting appearance was in the Royal Court Theatre's production Live Like Pigs, when she was 13. In 1973, while a pupil at Holland Park School, she appeared in the horror film Nothing but the Night as Mary Valley, and had a role as Princess Dagmar, younger sister of the Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra, in the series Edward the Seventh.

She was a regular in the children's TV series The Flockton Flyer between 1977 and 1979 as Jan Carter. Another of her early television appearances came in 1982 when she appeared as Carol Dalston in the Minder episode "Poetic Justice, Innit?".

Strong gained mainstream recognition as Cassandra Parry, the love interest and later wife of Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, She also 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 the BBC drama Casualty in which she played Kath Casey. In May 2010, Strong appeared in Midsomer Murders episode "The Made-to-Measure Murders" as Katie Soper.

In September 2016, she joined the cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in the recurring role of Geraldine Clough, They have a son, Oscar (born 1988), and a daughter, Lottie (born 1991). Strong also has two grandchildren. She is patron of the charity Ovarian Cancer Action.

Filmography Film

Television

Theatre work Live Like Pigs: Royal Court Theatre (1973) Our House (2008) Alarms & Excursions (2011) A Round-Heeled Woman: Aldwych Theatre (2011) The Mousetrap: On tour (2019)