Michelle Ryan

Michelle Claire Ryan (born April 22, 1984) is an English actress, best known for her role as Zoe Slater on the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders.
She was born in Enfield, Middlesex. A member of a local theatre group since she was 10, Ryan was picked for her role in EastEnders when she was 15 and first appeared on the show in September 2000. In 2005 she announced that she was leaving EastEnders as she wanted to concentrate on work in theatre and films.
Appeared on the front cover of FHM magazine shortly after her departure from Eastenders.
In the summer of 2005, Ryan appeared in the play Who's the daddy? by Toby Young and Lloyd Evans which was based on the David Blunkett and Kimberley Quinn affair to much aclaim at the King's Head Theatre London.
Since leaving Eastenders Ryan has appeared in an episode of Marple which screened in February 2006, the independent film Cashback and Jekyll for the BBC, a modern day version of Dr Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, starring James Nesbitt.
According to the British newspaper The Sun, Ryan auditioned to replace Billie Piper as the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who; however Freema Agyeman was ultimately chosen for the role. In spring 2007, Ryan was seen in a new adaptation of Mansfield Park opposite Billie Piper for the ITV network, as Lila in the film I Want Candy (film) co-starring Carmen Electra and Mackenzie Crook which is released on March 23rd and in Flick a low budget Welsh film which will also feature Faye Dunaway and Leslie Phillips.
In February 2007, it was announced that Ryan had been cast as the lead in the new NBC drama pilot The Bionic Woman. Producers say the pilot show will be a "re-imagination" of the original (which was a spin-off from The Six Million Dollar Man). The Bionic Woman ran from 1976 to 1978 and starred Lindsay Wagner.
On March 16th, Ryan was seen on BBC1 in a brand new Mr Bean sketch starring Rowan Atkinson and Matthew MacFadyen which had been specially written and recorded for Comic Relief 2007.