Michelle Ryan

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Michelle Ryan

Acting 42 April 22, 1984

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 t…

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The View

The View

4.3 1997 TV Show
Merlin

Merlin

7.8 2008 TV Show
Cashback

Cashback

7.0 2007 Movie
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

7.4 2011 TV Show
GMTV

GMTV

5.8 1993 TV Show
The One Show

The One Show

4.4 2006 TV Show
The Borgias

The Borgias

7.6 2011 TV Show
Today

Today

5.6 1952 TV Show
Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies

5.7 2012 Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8 2004 TV Show
Covert Affairs

Covert Affairs

6.9 2010 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Finding My Voice

    Movie Lisa Kendall

  2. 2025
    Frankenstein: Legacy

    Movie Lady Charlotte

  3. 2019
    Dark Stories

    TV show Carrie

  4. 2019
    Dark Stories to Survive the Night

    Movie Carrie

  5. 2019
    Somnium

    Movie Joan Kepler

  6. 2018
    The Best of EastEnders

    Movie Zoe Slater (archive footage)

  7. 2018
    True Horror

    TV show Vanessa Mitchell

  8. 2017
    Black Sand: A Sandman Story

    Movie Death

  9. 2017
    The Last Photograph

    Movie Maryam

  10. 2015
    Andron

    Movie Elanor

  11. 2013
    Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

    Movie Self

  12. 2012
    Metal Hurlant Chronicles

    TV show Jennifer

  13. 2012
    Cockneys vs Zombies

    Movie Katy

  14. 2012
    The Man Inside

    Movie Alexia Sinclair

  15. 2012
    Cleanskin

    Movie Emma

  16. 2011
    Death in Paradise

    TV show Lexi

More credits
  1. 2011
    Love's Kitchen

    Movie Shauna

  2. 2011
    The Borgias

    TV show

  3. 2011
    Girl Walks Into a Bar

    Movie Loretta

  4. 2010
    Covert Affairs

    TV show Helen Hanson

  5. 2010
    Huge

    Movie Cindy

  6. 2010
    4.3.2.1

    Movie Kelly

  7. 2010
    One Night in Emergency

    Movie Penny

  8. 2009
    Mister Eleven

    TV show Saz Paley

  9. 2009
    Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

    Movie Christina

  10. 2009
    The Justin Lee Collins Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  11. 2008
    Flick

    Movie Sandra Martin

  12. 2008
    Merlin

    TV show Nimueh

  13. 2007
    Bionic Woman

    TV show Jaime Sommers

  14. 2007
    Jekyll

    TV show Katherine Reimer

  15. 2007
    I Want Candy

    Movie Lila Owens

  16. 2007
    Mansfield Park

    Movie Maria Bertram

  17. 2007
    Mr. Bean's Wedding

    Movie Kate

  18. 2007
    Cashback

    Movie Suzy

  19. 2006
    The One Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  20. 2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple

    TV show Rose Waters

  21. 2004
    Cashback

    Movie Suzy (uncredited)

  22. 2003
    Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention

    Movie Zoe Slater

  23. 2000
    Burnside

    TV show School Friend

  24. 1998
    The Worst Witch

    TV show Dolores