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.
Movies 25
Cashback
as Suzy
2007
Mansfield Park
as Maria Bertram
2007
Cockneys vs Zombies
as Katy
2012
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
as Christina
2009
Cleanskin
as Emma
2012
Love's Kitchen
as Shauna
2011
Cashback
as Suzy (uncredited)
2004
Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Loretta
2011
4.3.2.1
as Kelly
2010
Andron
as Elanor
2015
I Want Candy
as Lila Owens
2007
The Best of EastEnders
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
2018
Frankenstein: Legacy
as Lady Charlotte
2025
Mr. Bean's Wedding
as Kate
2007
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
2013
One Night in Emergency
as Penny
2010
Finding My Voice
as Lisa Kendall
2026
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
as Carrie
2019
Huge
as Cindy
2010
Flick
as Sandra Martin
2008
The Man Inside
as Alexia Sinclair
2012
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
as Death
2017
The Last Photograph
as Maryam
2017
Somnium
as Joan Kepler
2019
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention
as Zoe Slater
2003TV Shows 20
EastEnders
as Zoe Slater
1985
The View
as Self
1997
Death in Paradise
as Lexi
2011
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
GMTV
as Self
1993
Merlin
as Nimueh
2008
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Rose Waters
2004
Today
as Self
1952
Covert Affairs
as Helen Hanson
2010
Covert Affairs
as Teresa Hamilton
2010
The Borgias
2011
The Worst Witch
as Dolores
1998
Bionic Woman
as Jaime Sommers
2007
Jekyll
as Katherine Reimer
2007
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as Jennifer
2012
The Justin Lee Collins Show
as Self - Guest
2009
Dark Stories
as Carrie
2019
Burnside
as School Friend
2000
Mister Eleven
as Saz Paley
2009
True Horror
as Vanessa Mitchell
2018