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->''"I can't believe it's been forty years since [[Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses the show]] first aired. There is such a loyal fan base, and they are going to love this, it's like going back in time and being back in the original pub!"''

Gwyneth Strong, (2 December 1959), is a British actress best known for playing Cassandra Trotter in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''.

She started acting at the age of thirteen, in a production of ''Live Like Pigs'' at the Royal Court Theatre. The following year, she had a major role as Mary Valley in the horror film ''Film/NothingButTheNight'' and later went on to play Minny in ''Series/EdwardTheSeventh''.

She starred in the railway-based children's series ''The Flockton Flyer'' in the late '70s as Jan Carter but wouldn't get another major role until the very end of The80s. Strong joined the cast of ''Only Fools and Horses'' in the sixth series as Cassandra Parry, a love interest for Rodney and his eventual wife; Strong was absent from a few Series 7 episodes due to a marriage crisis plotline for Rodney and Cassandra but she stuck with the series until the end.

Following ''Only Fools'', Strong made many guest appearances in drama series including ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/SilentWitness'', and ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'', the latter of which [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine reunited]] her with Creator/DavidJason, the star of ''Only Fools'' and her on-screen brother-in-law.

In 2008, she starred in the West End musical ''Theatre/OurHouse'' as Kath Casey and in 2011 was back in the theatre in the play ''A Round-Heeled Woman''. Her final acting role to date came in 2016 when she played Geraldine Clough in six episodes of ''Series/EastEnders''.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/NothingButTheNight'' (1973) -- Mary Valley
* ''Film/CryFreedom'' (1987) -- Girl at Funeral
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/EdwardTheSeventh'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Alix", "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes"[[/labelnote]] (1975) -- Minny
* ''Series/PlayForToday'', 4 episodes:
** "Early Struggles" (1976) -- Carol
** "Ladies" (1980) -- Anne
** "The Factory" (1981) -- Penny Shepherd
** "Rainy Day Women" (1984) -- Linda
* ''Series/ZCars'', episode "Juvenile" (1977) -- Janet Hurt
* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "Poetic Justice, Innit?" (1982) -- Juror
* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', 21 episodes (1989-2003) -- Cassandra Trotter
* ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', episode "[[Recap/TheJimHensonHourE11 Living with Dinosaurs]]" (1989) -- Teacher
* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', episode "The Clothes in the Wardrobe" (1993) -- Cynthia
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', 3 episodes:
** "Battling On" (1995) -- Catherine Caldwell
** "First Impressions" (2003) -- Elizabeth Brodie
** "Family Matters" (2013) -- Margaret Collier
* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "Compensation" (1995) -- Mary Painter
* ''Series/SilentWitness'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Darkness Visible: Part 1", "Darkness Visible: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (1996) -- Patricia Denning
* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'', episode "True Confessions" (1997) -- Detective Sergeant Bailey
* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', episode "Out of Control" (2004) -- Dee
* ''Series/NewTricks'', episode "God's Waiting Room" (2007) -- Kim Newley
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS13E1 The Made-to-Measure Murders]]" (2010) -- Katie Soper
* ''Series/EastEnders'', 7 episodes (2016) -- Geraldine Clough
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