Cassandra Trotter Cassandra Trotter Cassandra Louise Trotter (née Parry; born 16 June 1966) is a fictional character from the British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". She was portrayed by Gwyneth Strong. The intelligent, slightly-spoiled daughter of the owner of a successful paper merchant, Alan (Denis Lill) and his wife Pam (Wanda Ventham), Cassandra was an ambitious employee of the local bank. She made her first "Only Fools and Horses" appearance in the episode "Yuppy Love", in which she was an attendee of Rodney's adult education class. The two first met when they accidentally mixed up their raincoats in the cloak room, and
Cassandra Clare high school, and from then on split her time between California and New York City, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids, including "The Hollywood Reporter". While living in Los Angeles Clare began writing fan fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. "The Draco Trilogy", based on "Harry Potter" and "The Very Secret Diaries", based on "The Lord of the Rings" were popular. However, she deleted her fan fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, "The City of Bones", was published under the name Cassandra Clare. She is also friends with author Holly Black, and their books