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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. 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.

Known For

Cashback
Cashback
Flick
Flick
4.3.2.1
4.3.2.1
Somnium
Somnium
Love's Kitchen
Love's Kitchen
Cleanskin
Cleanskin
The Man Inside
The Man Inside
Cockneys vs Zombies
Cockneys vs Zombies

Filmography

2025 Frankenstein: Legacy
as Lady Charlotte
2025 Finding My Voice
as Lisa Kendall
2019 Dark Stories to Survive the Night
as Carrie
2019 Dark Stories
as Carrie
2019 Somnium
as Joan Kepler
2018 The Best of EastEnders
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
2017 Black Sand: A Sandman Story
as Death
2017 The Last Photograph
as Maryam
2015 Andron
as Elanor
2013 Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
2012 Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as Jennifer
2012 Cockneys vs Zombies
as Katy
2012 The Man Inside
as Alexia Sinclair
2012 Cleanskin
as Emma
2011 Death in Paradise
as Lexi
2011 Love's Kitchen
as Shauna
2011 The Borgias
as
2011 Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Loretta
2010 Covert Affairs
as Helen Hanson
2010 Huge
as Cindy