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

True Horror as Vanessa Mitchell
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
Cockneys vs Zombies as Katy
Cleanskin as Emma
The Man Inside as Alexia Sinclair

2011

2010

Covert Affairs as Helen Hanson
4.3.2.1 as Kelly
One Night in Emergency as Penny
Huge as Cindy

2009

The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as Christina
Mister Eleven as Saz Paley

2008

Merlin as Nimueh
Flick as Sandra Martin

2007

Bionic Woman as Jaime Sommers
Cashback as Suzy
Jekyll as Katherine Reimer
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

Agatha Christie's Marple as Rose Waters
Cashback as Suzy (uncredited)

2003

Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention as Zoe Slater

2000

Burnside as School Friend

1998

The Worst Witch as Dolores

1997

The View as Self

1993

GMTV as Self

1985

EastEnders as Zoe Slater

1952

Today as Self