Michelle Ryan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 22, 1984 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
- Credits
- 44
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.
Known for
Filmography
Finding My Voice
2026Movie
Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025Movie
Lady Charlotte
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019Movie
Carrie
Dark Stories
2019TV
Carrie
Somnium
2019Movie
Joan Kepler
The Best of EastEnders
2018Movie
Zoe Slater (archive footage)
True Horror
2018TV
Vanessa Mitchell
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
2017Movie
Death
The Last Photograph
2017Movie
Maryam
Andron
2015Movie
Elanor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013Movie
Self
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012TV
Jennifer
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012Movie
Katy
The Man Inside
2012Movie
Alexia Sinclair
Cleanskin
2012Movie
Emma
Death in Paradise
2011TV
Lexi
Love's Kitchen
2011Movie
Shauna
The Borgias
2011TV
Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011Movie
Loretta
Covert Affairs
2010TV
Helen Hanson, Teresa Hamilton
Huge
2010Movie
Cindy
4.3.2.1
2010Movie
Kelly
One Night in Emergency
2010Movie
Penny
Mister Eleven
2009TV
Saz Paley
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009Movie
Christina
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009TV
Self - Guest
Flick
2008Movie
Sandra Martin
Merlin
2008TV
Nimueh
Bionic Woman
2007TV
Jaime Sommers
Jekyll
2007TV
Katherine Reimer
I Want Candy
2007Movie
Lila Owens
Mansfield Park
2007Movie
Maria Bertram
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007Movie
Kate
Cashback
2007Movie
Suzy
The One Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004TV
Rose Waters
Cashback
2004Movie
Suzy (uncredited)
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention
2003Movie
Zoe Slater
Burnside
2000TV
School Friend
The Worst Witch
1998TV
Dolores
The View
1997TV
Self
GMTV
1993TV
Self
EastEnders
1985TV
Zoe Slater
Today
1952TV
Self