Michelle Ryan

'Michelle Ryan' (qv) was born on April 22nd, 1984 in Enfield, Middlesex, England.She started her career performing in a Dance Gala at The London Palladium with "Wayne Sleep" (1998), with her first television role being "Dolores" in the children's program, _The Worst Witch: Fair Is Foul and Fouls Are Fair (2000)_ (qv).She then went on to play "Zoe Slater" in the BBC Soap, _EastEnders (1985)_ (qv) (2000-2005), with a two hander episode in which her character, "Zoe Slater", shared the screen with her mother, "Kat Slater", drawing in 19 million viewers and winning "Best Single Episode" at the British Soap 'Awards' (qv) (2002). Ryan was also nominated in the category of Best Actress at the British Soap 'Awards' (qv) (2005).Her first movie role came in 2005 with 'Sean Ellis' (qv)' _Cashback (2004)_ (qv). Then appearing, alongside 'Faye Dunaway' (qv), in _Flick (2008)_ (qv), which was nominated for the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film 'Awards' (qv), and _I Want Candy (2007)_ (qv) with 'Carmen Electra' (qv). She has taken other independent movie roles in 'Noel Clarke' (qv)'s _4.3.2.1. (2010)_ (qv); _Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)_ (qv) with 'Josh Hartnett' (qv), 'Danny DeVito' (qv) and 'Carla Gugino' (qv); _The Man Inside (2012)_ (qv) with 'Ashley Walters' (qv) and 'Peter Mullan' (qv) (2012); and _Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)_ (qv) with 'Harry Treadaway' (qv) (2012).Ryan has appeared in a number of UK television series, including _Jekyll (2007)_ (qv), for the BBC as psychiatrist "Katherine Reimer", with 'James Nesbitt' (qv), _Mansfield Park (2007)_ (qv) for ITV as "Maria Bertram" opposite 'Rory Kinnear' (qv) before being cast as "Jaime Sommers" in the title role for NBC's 2007 remake of _Bionic Woman (2007)_ (qv). Other TV roles include "Nimueh" in _Merlin (2008)_ (qv) for the BBC (2008), "Lady Christina de Souza" in _Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)_ (qv) for the BBC (2009) and as "Saz Paley" with 'Olivia Colman' (qv) in _Mister Eleven (2009)_ (qv) for ITV (2009).Alongside her TV and Film work, she has appeared in theatre productions "Who's the Daddy" (2005) at the Kings Head Theatre in Islington, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" at The Royal Derngate Theatre in Northampton (2010) playing the role of "Marge", opposite 'Kyle Soller' (qv), and as the lead role of "Sally Bowles" in "Cabaret" at The Savoy Theatre, London (2012).Ryan joined 'Piper Perabo' (qv) for a 6-episode arc as "CIA agent Helen Hanson" in _Covert Affairs (2010)_ (qv) for the USA Network (2013).Michelle can also be seen in _Andron (2015)_ (qv), starring 'Alec Baldwin' (qv) and 'Danny Glover' (qv).::Sally King