Michelle Ryan
Acting
Biography
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.
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Movies (25)
Finding My Voice2026Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy2025Lady Charlotte
Dark Stories to Survive the Night2019Carrie
Somnium2019Joan Kepler
The Best of EastEnders2018Zoe Slater (archive footage)
Black Sand: A Sandman Story2017Death
The Last Photograph2017Maryam
Andron2015Elanor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty2013Self
Cockneys vs Zombies2012Katy
The Man Inside2012Alexia Sinclair
Cleanskin2012Emma
Love's Kitchen2011Shauna
Girl Walks Into a Bar2011Loretta
Huge2010Cindy
4.3.2.12010Kelly
One Night in Emergency2010Penny
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead2009Christina
Flick2008Sandra Martin
I Want Candy2007Lila Owens
Mansfield Park2007Maria Bertram
Mr. Bean's Wedding2007Kate
Cashback2007Suzy
Cashback2004Suzy (uncredited)
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention2003Zoe Slater
Shows (16)
Dark Stories2019Carrie
Metal Hurlant Chronicles2012Jennifer
Death in Paradise2011Lexi
The Borgias2011
Covert Affairs2010Helen Hanson- Mister Eleven2009Saz Paley
- The Justin Lee Collins Show2009Self - Guest
Merlin2008Nimueh
Bionic Woman2007Jaime Sommers
Jekyll2007Katherine Reimer
The One Show2006Self - Guest
The Worst Witch1998Dolores
The View1997Self
GMTV1993Self
EastEnders1985Zoe Slater
Today1952Self