Michelle Ryan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1984
- Birthplace
- Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
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 2026
as Lisa Kendall
Frankenstein: Legacy 2025
as Lady Charlotte
Dark Stories to Survive the Night 2019
as Carrie
Somnium 2019
as Joan Kepler
The Best of EastEnders 2018
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
Black Sand: A Sandman Story 2017
as Death
The Last Photograph 2017
as Maryam
Andron 2015
as Elanor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty 2013
as Self
Cockneys vs Zombies 2012
as Katy
The Man Inside 2012
as Alexia Sinclair
Cleanskin 2012
as Emma
Love's Kitchen 2011
as Shauna
Girl Walks Into a Bar 2011
as Loretta
Huge 2010
as Cindy
4.3.2.1 2010
as Kelly
One Night in Emergency 2010
as Penny
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead 2009
as Christina
Flick 2008
as Sandra Martin
I Want Candy 2007
as Lila Owens
Mansfield Park 2007
as Maria Bertram
Mr. Bean's Wedding 2007
as Kate
Cashback 2007
as Suzy
Cashback 2004
as Suzy (uncredited)
Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention 2003
as Zoe Slater
Credits from TMDB.