Michelle Ryan

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Michelle Claire Ryan was born on the 22^nd April 1984 in Enfield, London into a close knit family. She was encouraged in her acting pursuits by her supportive parents, Craig and Tina, and became one of the most memorable stars of the multiple award winning British soap ‘Eastenders’. Playing the troubled Zoe Slater from 2000 – 2005 earned Michelle many accolades, both personal and professional, including ‘Best Single Episode’ at the 2002 ‘Soap Awards’, an episode that attracted a staggering 20 million viewers.

Since leaving ‘Eastenders’, Michelle has taken on a range of varied and challenging characters. Credits include playing Tiffany the Mole on stage at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington, in the satirical play ‘Who’s the Daddy’, television roles in ‘Miss Marple’, Mansfield Park’ and ‘Jekyll’, and on the silver screen in ‘Cashback’ (2006, Sean Ellis), ‘I Want Candy’ (2007, Stephen Sunjik) and ‘Flick’ (2007, David Howard).

Michelle has recently has been cast as Jaime Summers in NBC’s remake of ‘The Bionic Woman’. Fittingly so, as Michelle does have seemingly bionic strengths in becoming one of Britain’s most successful and beautiful rising stars.

Despite her busy and demanding work schedule, Michelle still finds valuable time to spend with her friends and family, and her doting Labrador Buddy. She has also been a patron of ‘CLIC Sargent’, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children, for the past four years. She has also taken part in ‘Children in Need’ and ‘Comic Relief’ to raise awareness.