Michelle Ryan
Actor
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.
Filmography
Finding My Voice
Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy
Lady Charlotte
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Carrie
Dark Stories
Carrie
Somnium
Joan Kepler
The Best of EastEnders
Zoe Slater (archive footage)
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
Death
The Last Photograph
Maryam
Andron
Elanor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Jennifer
Cockneys vs Zombies
Katy
The Man Inside
Alexia Sinclair
Cleanskin
Emma
Death in Paradise
Lexi
Love's Kitchen
Shauna
The Borgias
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Loretta
Covert Affairs
Helen Hanson
Huge
Cindy
4.3.2.1
Kelly
One Night in Emergency
Penny
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Christina
Flick
Sandra Martin
Merlin
Nimueh
Bionic Woman
Jaime Sommers
Jekyll
Katherine Reimer
I Want Candy
Lila Owens
Mansfield Park
Maria Bertram
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Kate
Cashback
Suzy
The One Show
Self - Guest
Cashback
Suzy (uncredited)
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention
Zoe Slater
The Worst Witch
Dolores
The View
Self
GMTV
Self
EastEnders
Zoe Slater
Today
Self