Actor
Michelle Ryan
42 years · Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK · 25 films
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 for
Filmography 25
Finding My Voice
2026 · Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025 · Lady Charlotte
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019 · Carrie
On Tubi TV
Somnium
2019 · Joan Kepler
The Best of EastEnders
2018 · Zoe Slater (archive footage)
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
2017 · Death
The Last Photograph
2017 · Maryam
On Plex
Andron
2015 · Elanor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · Self
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012 · Katy
On Plex
The Man Inside
2012 · Alexia Sinclair
Cleanskin
2012 · Emma
On Plex
Love's Kitchen
2011 · Shauna
On Plex
Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011 · Loretta
Huge
2010 · Cindy
4.3.2.1
2010 · Kelly
One Night in Emergency
2010 · Penny
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009 · Christina
On Hoopla
Flick
2008 · Sandra Martin
I Want Candy
2007 · Lila Owens
Mansfield Park
2007 · Maria Bertram
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007 · Kate
Cashback
2007 · Suzy
On Philo
Cashback
2004 · Suzy (uncredited)