Acting
Michelle Ryan
EN, FR cinema · 25 credits
Born
22 April 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Finding My Voice
as Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy
as Lady Charlotte
Somnium
as Joan Kepler
The Best of EastEnders
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
The Last Photograph
as Maryam
Andron
as Elanor
Cleanskin
as Emma
The Man Inside
as Alexia Sinclair
Love's Kitchen
as Shauna
Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Loretta
4.3.2.1
as Kelly
Huge
as Cindy
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
as Christina
Flick
as Sandra Martin
Cashback
as Suzy
Mansfield Park
as Maria Bertram
I Want Candy
as Lila Owens
Cashback
as Suzy (uncredited)
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention
as Zoe Slater