Acting
Michelle Ryan
Born 1984-04-22
Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Michelle Ryan
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Merlin
2008
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Cashback
2007
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The View
1997
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Death in Paradise
2011
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EastEnders
1985
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The Borgias
2011
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Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
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Covert Affairs
2010
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Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
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Cleanskin
2012
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (45 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Finding My Voice | Lisa Kendall | Movie | 2026 |
 | Frankenstein: Legacy | Lady Charlotte | Movie | 2025 |
 | Dark Stories to Survive the Night | Carrie | Movie | 2019 |
 | Dark Stories | Carrie | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Somnium | Joan Kepler | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Best of EastEnders | Zoe Slater (archive footage) | Movie | 2018 |
 | True Horror | Vanessa Mitchell | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Black Sand: A Sandman Story | Death | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Last Photograph | Maryam | Movie | 2017 |
 | Andron | Elanor | Movie | 2015 |
 | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Jennifer | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Cockneys vs Zombies | Katy | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Man Inside | Alexia Sinclair | Movie | 2012 |
 | Cleanskin | Emma | Movie | 2012 |
 | Death in Paradise | Lexi | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Love's Kitchen | Shauna | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Borgias | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Loretta | Movie | 2011 |
 | Covert Affairs | Helen Hanson | TV Series | 2010 |
| Covert Affairs | Teresa Hamilton | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Huge | Cindy | Movie | 2010 |
 | 4.3.2.1 | Kelly | Movie | 2010 |
 | One Night in Emergency | Penny | Movie | 2010 |
| Mister Eleven | Saz Paley | TV Series | 2009 | |
 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | Christina | Movie | 2009 |
| The Justin Lee Collins Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 | |
 | Flick | Sandra Martin | Movie | 2008 |
 | Merlin | Nimueh | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Bionic Woman | Jaime Sommers | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Jekyll | Katherine Reimer | TV Series | 2007 |
 | I Want Candy | Lila Owens | Movie | 2007 |
 | Mansfield Park | Maria Bertram | Movie | 2007 |
 | Mr. Bean's Wedding | Kate | Movie | 2007 |
 | Cashback | Suzy | Movie | 2007 |
 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Rose Waters | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Cashback | Suzy (uncredited) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention | Zoe Slater | Movie | 2003 |
 | Burnside | School Friend | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The Worst Witch | Dolores | TV Series | 1998 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | GMTV | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | EastEnders | Zoe Slater | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Today | Self | TV Series | 1952 |