Michelle Ryan
Acting
Born April 22, 1984 · 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.
Known For · 40 titles
Death in Paradise
EastEnders
The View
The One Show
The Borgias
GMTV
Agatha Christie's Marple
Merlin
Today
Covert Affairs
The Worst Witch
Jekyll
Cashback
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Bionic Woman
Mansfield Park
Dark Stories
4.3.2.1
The Justin Lee Collins Show
Burnside
Cleanskin
Andron
Cockneys vs Zombies
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Cashback
I Want Candy
True Horror
Love's Kitchen
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Mister Eleven
Finding My Voice
Huge
One Night in Emergency
Frankenstein: Legacy
Mr. Bean's Wedding
The Last Photograph
The Best of EastEnders
Flick
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Dark Stories to Survive the Night