Michelle Ryan
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Acting Credits
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 dram...
Known For
Filmography
Finding My Voice
2026
as Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025
as Lady Charlotte
Somnium
2019
as Joan Kepler
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019
as Carrie
Dark Stories
2019
as Carrie
The Best of EastEnders
2018
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
True Horror
2018
as Vanessa Mitchell
The Last Photograph
2017
as Maryam
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
2017
as Death
Andron
2015
as Elanor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
Cleanskin
2012
as Emma
The Man Inside
2012
as Alexia Sinclair
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
as Katy
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as Jennifer
Love's Kitchen
2011
as Shauna
Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011
as Loretta
The Borgias
2011
Death in Paradise
2011
as Lexi
4.3.2.1
2010
as Kelly
One Night in Emergency
2010
as Penny
Huge
2010
as Cindy
Covert Affairs
2010
as Helen Hanson
Covert Affairs
2010
as Teresa Hamilton
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
as Christina
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
as Self - Guest
Mister Eleven
2009
as Saz Paley
Flick
2008
as Sandra Martin
Merlin
2008
as Nimueh
Cashback
2007
as Suzy
Mansfield Park
2007
as Maria Bertram
I Want Candy
2007
as Lila Owens
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Kate
Jekyll
2007
as Katherine Reimer
Bionic Woman
2007
as Jaime Sommers
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Cashback
2004
as Suzy (uncredited)
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Rose Waters
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention
2003
as Zoe Slater
Burnside
2000
as School Friend
The Worst Witch
1998
as Dolores
The View
1997
as Self
GMTV
1993
as Self
EastEnders
1985
as Zoe Slater
Today
1952
as Self