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Actor
Michelle Ryan
- Born April 22, 1984 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she played from 2000 to 200t, and again from 2025. In 2007, she starred in the short lived revival of the American television series Bionic Woman. She has appeared as the wicked sorceress Nimueh in the 2008 BBC TV series Merlin, and as Lady Christina de Souza in the 2009 episode of Doctor Who, a role she later reprised in various audio dramas between 2017 and 2023, including her own spin-off in 2017.
Known for
Cashback2007
Merlin2008
The Borgias2011
Cockneys vs Zombies2012
Cleanskin2012
Death in Paradise2011
Covert Affairs2010
EastEnders1985
Filmography
- 2026Finding My VoiceFilmLisa Kendall
- 2025Frankenstein: LegacyFilmLady Charlotte
- 2019Dark Stories to Survive the NightFilmCarrie
- 2019Dark StoriesSeriesCarrie
- 2019SomniumFilmJoan Kepler
- 2018True HorrorSeriesVanessa Mitchell
- 2018The Best of EastEndersFilmZoe Slater (archive footage)
- 2017The Last PhotographFilmMaryam
- 2017Black Sand: A Sandman StoryFilmDeath
- 2015AndronFilmElanor
- 2013Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartyFilmSelf
- 2012Cockneys vs ZombiesFilmKaty
- 2012CleanskinFilmEmma
- 2012Metal Hurlant ChroniclesSeriesJennifer
- 2012The Man InsideFilmAlexia Sinclair
- 2011The BorgiasSeries
- 2011Death in ParadiseSeriesLexi
- 2011Love's KitchenFilmShauna
- 2011Girl Walks Into a BarFilmLoretta
- 2010Covert AffairsSeriesHelen Hanson, Teresa Hamilton
- 20104.3.2.1FilmKelly
- 2010HugeFilmCindy
- 2010One Night in EmergencyFilmPenny
- 2009Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadFilmChristina
- 2009Mister ElevenSeriesSaz Paley
- 2009The Justin Lee Collins ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2008MerlinSeriesNimueh
- 2008FlickFilmSandra Martin
- 2007CashbackFilmSuzy
- 2007Bionic WomanSeriesJaime Sommers
- 2007I Want CandyFilmLila Owens
- 2007Mansfield ParkFilmMaria Bertram
- 2007JekyllSeriesKatherine Reimer
- 2007Mr. Bean's WeddingFilmKate
- 2006The One ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2004CashbackFilmSuzy (uncredited)
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeriesRose Waters
- 2003Eastenders: The Slaters In DetentionFilmZoe Slater
- 2000BurnsideSeriesSchool Friend
- 1998The Worst WitchSeriesDolores
- 1997The ViewSeriesSelf
- 1993GMTVSeriesSelf
- 1985EastEndersSeriesZoe Slater
- 1952TodaySeriesSelf