Acting
Michelle Ryan
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.
Filmography
Finding My Voice
Film · 2026
Frankenstein: Legacy
Film · 2025
Somnium
Film · 2019
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Film · 2019
Dark Stories
Series · 2019
The Best of EastEnders
Film · 2018
True Horror
Series · 2018
The Last Photograph
Film · 2017
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
Film · 2017
Andron
Film · 2015
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Film · 2013
Cleanskin
Film · 2012
The Man Inside
Film · 2012
Cockneys vs Zombies
Film · 2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Series · 2012
Love's Kitchen
Film · 2011
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Film · 2011
The Borgias
Series · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
4.3.2.1
Film · 2010
One Night in Emergency
Film · 2010
Huge
Film · 2010
Covert Affairs
Series · 2010
Covert Affairs
Series · 2010
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Film · 2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
Series · 2009
Mister Eleven
Series · 2009
Flick
Film · 2008
Merlin
Series · 2008
Cashback
Film · 2007
Mansfield Park
Film · 2007
I Want Candy
Film · 2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Film · 2007
Jekyll
Series · 2007
Bionic Woman
Series · 2007
The One Show
Series · 2006
Cashback
Film · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention
Film · 2003
Burnside
Series · 2000
The Worst Witch
Series · 1998
The View
Series · 1997
GMTV
Series · 1993
EastEnders
Series · 1985
Today
Series · 1952