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