Michelle Ryan
Born: 1984-04-22 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Finding My Voice as Lisa Kendall
2025
- Frankenstein: Legacy as Lady Charlotte
2019
- Dark Stories as Carrie
- Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Carrie
- Somnium as Joan Kepler
2018
- The Best of EastEnders as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
2017
- The Last Photograph as Maryam
- Black Sand: A Sandman Story as Death
2015
- Andron as Elanor
2013
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
2012
- Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Jennifer
- Cleanskin as Emma
- Cockneys vs Zombies as Katy
- The Man Inside as Alexia Sinclair
2011
- Death in Paradise as Lexi
- The Borgias
- Love's Kitchen as Shauna
- Girl Walks Into a Bar as Loretta
2010
- Covert Affairs as Helen Hanson
- 4.3.2.1 as Kelly
- Huge as Cindy
- One Night in Emergency as Penny
2009
- The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
- Mister Eleven as Saz Paley
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as Christina
2007
- Bionic Woman as Jaime Sommers
- Jekyll as Katherine Reimer
- Cashback as Suzy
- Mansfield Park as Maria Bertram
- I Want Candy as Lila Owens
- Mr. Bean's Wedding as Kate
2006
- The One Show as Self - Guest
2004
- Cashback as Suzy (uncredited)
2003
- Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention as Zoe Slater
1998
- The Worst Witch as Dolores
1997
- The View as Self
1993
- GMTV as Self
1985
- EastEnders as Zoe Slater
1952
- Today as Self