Michelle Ryan
Michelle Ryan was born in Enfield, Greater London, England, United Kingdom on April 22nd, 1984 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 40, Michelle Ryan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984) is an English actress.
She played Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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".
Early life
Michelle Ryan was born in Enfield, North London, and was a student at Chace Community School.
Career
She was selected for her role in EastEnders when she was 16 years old and first appeared on the program in September 2000 as a member of a local theatre group since she was 10. In June 2005, she left the series.
In the first season and the BBC soap EastEnders, Ryan was given her first acting role in Sheylla Grands' series television show Chosen Ones.
Ryan appeared on Who's the Daddy? in the summer 2005. At the King's Head Theatre. Toby Young and Lloyd Evans' performance is based on the David Blunkett paternity case.
Ryan appeared in a small independent film the same year, Cashback, and was also cast in a small episode of Agatha Christie's Marple that screened in February 2006.
Ryan appeared as Maria in 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 early 2007.
In February 2007, it was revealed that she had been cast as the lead in the drama Bionic Woman, a 70s revival. In September 2007, the program premiered on NBC in the United States. Except in the episode "The Education of Jaime Sommers," in which her character goes undercover as an English transfer student at a university, Ryan used an Oxfordshire accent rather than her natural London accent for the role. She has had formal dance training and attributed it to her success with the show's physically demanding stunts. She also learned Krav Maga and sign language for the role (the former was supposed to have a hearing impaired sister, but this story element was dropped). Ryan explained that the show came about because it kept shifting direction, and that it made her less optimistic about her future. "I'm more go-with-the-flow now," she said.
On Red Nose Day 2007, Ryan appeared in a Mr. Bean sketch created and recorded for Comic Relief.
In May 2007, Ryan revealed that she had auditioned the previous year for the role of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, which was then given to Eva Green. Faye Dunaway and Leslie Phillips co-starred in Flick, a Welsh independent film co-starring Faye Dunaway and Leslie Phillips in late 2007.
Prior to Bionic Woman, she appeared in Jekyll for the BBC, a modern-day adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring James Nesbitt. On June 16, 2007, the six-episode premiere began in the United States and was released on DVD in the United States on September 18, 2007, just a week before her debut in Bionic Woman.
She has also appeared in numerous episodes of the show's first season as Nimueh, the sorceress, in the BBC drama series Merlin.
In London, Ryan has signed to Independent Models. CLIC Sargent, a children's cancer charity, is a member of the CLIC Sargent charity.
In 2008, Ryan produced Mister Eleven, an ITV romance drama.
In January 2009, the BBC announced Ryan was cast as Lady Christina de Souza in the Doctor Who special episode "Planet of the Dead," which was broadcast on April 11th. She had been asked for a part in advance and is open to repriseing the role in the future, but "I'm a bit of a commitment phobe" at the time.
Kevin McKidd of Ryan and Grey starred in a one-off drama for BBC Scotland titled One Night In Emergency, the tale of a man's incredible hunt for his wife in an inner-city hospital. Gregory Burke wrote the film, and Michael Offerell directed it.
Emma Roberts, Noel Clarke, Tamsin Egerton, Ophelia Lovibond, appeared on 4.3.2.1., a crime thriller starring Emma Roberts, Noel Clarke, Tamsin Egerton, and Ophelia Lovibond, as well as Ophelia Lovibond.
She appeared in a stage performance of The Talented Mr. Ripley at the Royal Theatre in Northampton from September 9 to 10.
She completed filming the terrorist thriller Cleanskin in October 2010. She appeared in Huge with Noel Clarke, Johnny Harris, Ralph Brown, Thandiwe Newton, and Tamsin Egerton, both directed by Ben Miller, the same year. No Ordinary Trifle, another film in post-production, is in post-production. In 2011, Ryan performed Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream in the BBC Learning scheme, Off By Heart Shakespeare.
Ryan appeared in Cockneys vs. Zombies, a comedy horror film starring Georgia King, Rasmus Hardiker, and Jack Doolan, directed by Matthias Hoene. In September 2012, the film was released.
Ryan performed in Cabaret's final months of 2012. This performance appeared in London's West End as well as others.
In 2018, Ryan revived her Doctor Who role as Lady Christina in her own Big Finish Productions spinoff audio drama series.