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'''Michelle Claire Ryan''' (born 22 April 1984) is an [[English]] actress.


== Early life and career ==
She is known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. In 2007, she starred in the short lived revival of the American television series ''Bionic Woman''. She has appeared as the evil sorceress Nimueh in the 2008 BBC TV series ''Merlin'', and as Lady Christina de Souza in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Planet of the Dead."
Michelle Ryan was born in Enfield, Greater London. A member of a local theatre group since she was 10, she was picked for her role in EastEnders when she was 15 and first appeared on the show in September 2000; for the part, she affected an East End cockney accent, rather than speaking her usual Received Pronunciation. In 2005, she announced she was leaving EastEnders to concentrate on work in theatre and films. She has mused that her involvement with the show served as a dress rehearsal for working on Bionic Woman.
 
 
== Primetime career and other works ==
Ryan got her first big break playing Sheylla Grands in the Series TV Show "Chosen Ones" in the 1st season and Zoe Slater in the BBC soap EastEnders.
 
During summer 2005, Ryan appeared in a run of Who's the Daddy? at the King's Head Theatre. The play by Toby Young and Lloyd Evans is based on the David Blunkett paternity case.
 
Ryan auditioned to replace Billie Piper as the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who; however, Freema Agyeman was ultimately chosen for the role.She had a small role in an episode of Marple which screened in February 2006, and also appeared in a small independent film the same year, Cashback.
 
In early 2007, Ryan was seen as Maria in a new adaptation of Mansfield Park opposite Billie Piper for ITV and also as Lila in the film I Want Candy, co-starring Carmen Electra and Mackenzie Crook. In February 2007, it was announced that she had been cast as the lead in the new drama Bionic Woman.The series began airing on the American network NBC in September 2007. Ryan affects an American accent for the role of Jaime Sommers, except in the episode "The Education of Jaime Sommers" in which her character goes under cover as an English transfer student at a university; for this episode, she uses an Oxfordshire accent instead of her natural London accent. She has had professional dance training and attributes to it helping her with the physically demanding stunts required for the show.
 
On Red Nose Day 2007, Ryan appeared in a brand new Mr. Bean sketch written and recorded for Comic Relief. She will shortly be seen in Flick, a new Welsh independent film co-starring Faye Dunaway and Leslie Phillips.
 
In May 2007, Ryan revealed she auditioned for the role of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, eventually given to Eva Green the previous year.
 
Prior to Bionic Woman, she appeared in Jekyll for the BBC, a modern day version of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring James Nesbitt. It began its six-episode run on June 16, 2007 and was released on DVD in the United States on September 18, 2007, one week prior to her debut in Bionic Woman
 
She will appear as the sorceress Nimueh in the forthcoming BBC drama series Merlin.
 
She is signed to Independent Models in London.
 
Ryan was recently asked to pose for Playboy, but declined the offer as she thought that the time wasn't right
 
 
 
== Recognition ==
Ryan has been among FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2002, 2004, 2005 (fourth, her highest ranking), and 2007.


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Revision as of 23:33, 22 June 2011

Michelle Ryan

Personal
Born April 22, 1984 (1984-04-22) (age 42)
Enfield, Greater London, England
Ethnicity Caucasian
Nationality British
Body
Weight 112 lb (51 kg)
Hair Brunette
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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. In 2007, she starred in the short lived revival of the American television series Bionic Woman. She has appeared as the evil sorceress Nimueh in the 2008 BBC TV series Merlin, and as Lady Christina de Souza in the Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Dead."

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