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, 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)