Acting credits
39
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michelle Ryan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 25Series: 14
TMDB ID: 73525
IMDb ID: nm0752740
Known for: Acting
Born: April 22, 1984
Age: 42
Place of birth: Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 2026
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.11
Wikidata: Q233707
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michelle Ryan.
as Lisa Kendall
Finding My Voice
2026 • Movie
as Lady Charlotte
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025 • Movie
as Carrie
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019 • Movie
as Joan Kepler
Somnium
2019 • Movie
as Zoe Slater (archive footage)
The Best of EastEnders
2018 • Movie
as Death
Black Sand: A Sandman Story
2017 • Movie
as Maryam
The Last Photograph
2017 • Movie
as Elanor
Andron
2015 • Movie
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 • Movie
as Katy
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012 • Movie
as Alexia Sinclair
The Man Inside
2012 • Movie
as Emma
Cleanskin
2012 • Movie
as Shauna
Love's Kitchen
2011 • Movie
as Loretta
Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011 • Movie
as Cindy
Huge
2010 • Movie
as Kelly
4.3.2.1
2010 • Movie
as Penny
One Night in Emergency
2010 • Movie
as Christina
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009 • Movie
as Sandra Martin
Flick
2008 • Movie
as Lila Owens
I Want Candy
2007 • Movie
as Maria Bertram
Mansfield Park
2007 • Movie
as Kate
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007 • Movie
as Suzy
Cashback
2007 • Movie
as Suzy (uncredited)
Cashback
2004 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michelle Ryan.
as Carrie • 1 eps
Dark Stories
2019 • Series
as Jennifer • 7 eps
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012 • Series
as Lexi • 1 eps
Death in Paradise
2011 • Series
1 eps
The Borgias
2011 • Series
as Helen Hanson • 1 eps
Covert Affairs
2010 • Series
as Nimueh • 4 eps
Merlin
2008 • Series
as Jaime Sommers • 8 eps
Bionic Woman
2007 • Series
as Katherine Reimer • 6 eps
Jekyll
2007 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The One Show
2006 • Series
as Dolores • 1 eps
The Worst Witch
1998 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
GMTV
1993 • Series
as Zoe Slater • 3337 eps
EastEnders
1985 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Today
1952 • Series