Fools and Horses Gwyneth Strong’s life with famous EastEnders star husband

Every comedy fan in the UK and beyond will recognize Cassandra Trotter from Only Fools and Horses. From 1989 until the final episode of the BBC sitcom in 2003, actor Gwyneth Strong played Rodney Trotter’s wife and Del Boy’s long-suffering sister-in-law.

Despite being part of a Peckham business family, Cassandra is a sensitive, intelligent and rather stylish addition to the Trotter clan. She is completely spoiled by her businessman father, Alan, who sees her as his pride and joy.

In Rodney and Cassandra’s love story, opposites definitely attracted!

Gwyneth, 64, has an impressive list of television credits to her name, including roles in EastEnders, Casualty, New Tricks, Doctors and more. But she’s not the only one in her family with a successful acting career – her husband is also a famous actor!

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So who is Gwyneth married to?

Let’s take a trip down memory lane to a time before Towie and Love Island dominated our screens, when Footballers’ Wives was the raunchy drama of the nineties. The ITV show chronicled the trials and tribulations of women married to members of the Earls Park football team.

Never short of thrilling drama or unexpected plot twists, the show was a rollercoaster of murder, love and lust that ran from 2002 to 2006. The character of football manager Roger Webb was brought to life by actor Jesse Birdsall.

Gwyneth and Jesse married in 2000 and have two children together.

TV star Jesse, 58, originally from Highbury, began his acting journey in the 1970s with roles in shows such as Director, Center Play and Graham’s Gang, and has been a fixture in the entertainment industry ever since . In the early 90s, he played the role of Marcus Tandy in the BBC series El Dorado.

Like his wife Gwyneth, Jesse also graced EastEnders with his presence, playing John Hewland in 2012. His other acting credits include Doctors, Casualty, Foyle’s War, As If, Bugs and The Bill.

More recently, Jesse portrayed Fraser Black in Hollyoaks between 2013 and 2014, before stepping into the role of Steven Fletcher in Holby City in 2018. He also stars as Ali in new film The Pebble and The Boy.

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