Michelle Ryan
Known for
Acting
Born
April 22, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
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.
Best known work
Cashback
2007
Merlin
2008
The Borgias
2011
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
Cleanskin
2012
Death in Paradise
2011
Covert Affairs
2010
EastEnders
1985
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
4.3.2.1
2010Filmography
2026
Finding My Voiceas Lisa Kendall
2025
Frankenstein: Legacyas Lady Charlotte
2019
Dark Stories to Survive the Nightas Carrie
2019
2019
Somniumas Joan Kepler
2018
The Best of EastEndersas Zoe Slater (archive footage)
2018
2017
Black Sand: A Sandman Storyas Death
2017
The Last Photographas Maryam
2015
Andronas Elanor
2013
2012
2012
Cockneys vs Zombiesas Katy
2012
The Man Insideas Alexia Sinclair
2012
Cleanskinas Emma
2011
2011
Love's Kitchenas Shauna
2011
2011
Girl Walks Into a Baras Loretta
2010
2010
Hugeas Cindy
2010
4.3.2.1as Kelly
2010
One Night in Emergencyas Penny
2009
2009
Doctor Who: Planet of the Deadas Christina