Acting · Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK · Born April 22, 1984
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.
MovieFinding My Voice
2026
as Lisa Kendall
MovieFrankenstein: Legacy
2025
as Lady Charlotte
MovieDark Stories to Survive the Night
2019
as Carrie
TVDark Stories
2019
as Carrie
MovieSomnium
2019
as Joan Kepler
MovieThe Best of EastEnders
2018
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
MovieBlack Sand: A Sandman Story
2017
as Death
MovieThe Last Photograph
2017
as Maryam
MovieAndron
2015
as Elanor
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
TVMetal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as Jennifer
MovieCockneys vs Zombies
2012
as Katy
MovieThe Man Inside
2012
as Alexia Sinclair
MovieCleanskin
2012
as Emma
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Lexi
MovieLove's Kitchen
2011
as Shauna
TVThe Borgias
2011
MovieGirl Walks Into a Bar
2011
as Loretta
TVCovert Affairs
2010
as Helen Hanson
MovieHuge
2010
as Cindy
Movie4.3.2.1
2010
as Kelly
MovieOne Night in Emergency
2010
as Penny
Mister Eleven
2009
as Saz Paley
MovieDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
as Christina
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieFlick
2008
as Sandra Martin
TVMerlin
2008
as Nimueh
TVBionic Woman
2007
as Jaime Sommers
TVJekyll
2007
as Katherine Reimer
MovieI Want Candy
2007
as Lila Owens
MovieMansfield Park
2007
as Maria Bertram
MovieMr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Kate
MovieCashback
2007
as Suzy
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieCashback
2004
as Suzy (uncredited)
MovieEastenders: The Slaters In Detention
2003
as Zoe Slater
TVThe Worst Witch
1998
as Dolores
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
TVEastEnders
1985
as Zoe Slater
TVToday
1952
as Self
