Michelle Ryan
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.
Known For
All Movies (25)
- Finding My Voice2026 · as Lisa Kendall
- Frankenstein: Legacy2025 · as Lady Charlotte
- Dark Stories to Survive the Night2019 · as Carrie
- Somnium2019 · as Joan Kepler
- The Best of EastEnders2018 · as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
- Black Sand: A Sandman Story2017 · as Death
- The Last Photograph2017 · as Maryam
- Andron2015 · as Elanor
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty2013 · as Self
- Cockneys vs Zombies2012 · as Katy
- The Man Inside2012 · as Alexia Sinclair
- Cleanskin2012 · as Emma
- Love's Kitchen2011 · as Shauna
- Girl Walks Into a Bar2011 · as Loretta
- Huge2010 · as Cindy
- 4.3.2.12010 · as Kelly
- One Night in Emergency2010
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead2009 · as Christina
- Flick2008 · as Sandra Martin
- I Want Candy2007 · as Lila Owens
- Mansfield Park2007 · as Maria Bertram
- Mr. Bean's Wedding2007 · as Kate
- Cashback2007 · as Suzy
- Cashback2004 · as Suzy (uncredited)
- Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention2003 · as Zoe Slater
All TV Shows (16)
- Dark Stories2019 · as Carrie
- Metal Hurlant Chronicles2012 · as Jennifer
- Death in Paradise2011 · as Lexi
- The Borgias2011
- Covert Affairs2010 · as Helen Hanson
- Mister Eleven2009 · as Saz Paley
- The Justin Lee Collins Show2009 · as Self - Guest
- Merlin2008 · as Nimueh
- Bionic Woman2007 · as Jaime Sommers
- Jekyll2007 · as Katherine Reimer
- The One Show2006 · as Self - Guest
- The Worst Witch1998 · as Dolores
- The View1997 · as Self
- GMTV1993 · as Self
- EastEnders1985 · as Zoe Slater
- Today1952 · as Self