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Michelle Ryan

1984 - Today

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Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2000–2005, 2025–present). In 2007, she starred in the short-lived American television series Bionic Woman. She appeared as the evil sorceress Nimueh in the 2008 BBC fantasy series Merlin and as Lady Christina de Souza in the 2009 Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Dead", a role she later reprised in various audio dramas between 2017 and 2023, including her own spin-off in 2017 and 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Michelle Ryan is the 6,305th most popular actor (down from 5,699th in 2024), the 4,829th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,271st in 2019) and the 716th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michelle Ryan ranks 6,305 out of 13,578. Before her are Jack Davenport, Okan Yalabık, Takahiro Sakurai, Mary Miles Minter, Kathryn Crosby, and Edwin Booth. After her are Leila Lopes, Spottiswoode Aitken, Nathalie Cardone, Olivier Gruner, Kathryn Beaumont, and Helen Slater.

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Among people born in 1984, Michelle Ryan ranks 132. Before her are Garrett Hedlund, Obafemi Martins, Nilmar, Chiaki Kuriyama, Jesse Lee Soffer, and Marouane Chamakh. After her are Prince Félix of Luxembourg, Shogo Sakurai, Sherlyn Chopra, Maxi Pereira, Makoto Hasebe, and Luke Grimes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michelle Ryan ranks 4,830 out of 8,785. Before her are Jack Davenport (1973), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), John Neville Keynes (1852), Arthur Symons (1865), Donald Dewar (1937), and Mark Mazower (1958). After her are Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Gavin Bryars (1943), Alister McGrath (1953), Chris Craft (1939), Allan Warren (1948), and Allan Cunningham (1791).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michelle Ryan ranks 716. Before her are Katherine Waterston (1980), Hannah Waddingham (1974), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Denis Lawson (1947), Sophie Okonedo (1968), and Jack Davenport (1973). After her are Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Michelle Dockery (1981), Josh Bowman (1988), Neil Dudgeon (1961), and Elisabeth Sladen (1946).

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