
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.

as Lisa Kendall

as Lady Charlotte

as Carrie

as Joan Kepler

as Zoe Slater (archive footage)

as Death

as Maryam

as Elanor

as Katy

as Alexia Sinclair

as Emma

as Shauna

as Loretta

as Cindy

as Kelly

as Penny

as Christina

as Sandra Martin

as Lila Owens

as Maria Bertram

as Kate

as Suzy

as Suzy (uncredited)

as Zoe Slater