Actor
Michelle Ryan
Born April 22, 1984 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK23 films
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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First watchDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead20097.5as ChristinaA meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.View filmEssential films
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23 films as actor- 2026Finding My VoiceLisa Kendall
- 2025Frankenstein: LegacyLady Charlotte
- 2019Dark Stories to Survive the NightCarrie
- 2019SomniumJoan Kepler
- 2017Black Sand: A Sandman StoryDeath
- 2017The Last PhotographMaryam
- 2015AndronElanor
- 2012Cockneys vs ZombiesKaty
- 2012The Man InsideAlexia Sinclair
- 2012CleanskinEmma
- 2011Love's KitchenShauna
- 2011Girl Walks Into a BarLoretta
- 2010HugeCindy
- 20104.3.2.1Kelly
- 2010One Night in EmergencyPenny
- 2009Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadChristina
- 2008FlickSandra Martin
- 2007I Want CandyLila Owens
- 2007Mansfield ParkMaria Bertram
- 2007Mr. Bean's WeddingKate
- 2007CashbackSuzy
- 2004CashbackSuzy (uncredited)
- 2003Eastenders: The Slaters In DetentionZoe Slater