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Michelle Ryan

Michelle Ryan
Michelle Claire Ryan was born on the 22 April 1984 in Enfield in London. She has been a member of a local theatre group since she was 10 years old.
She has starred in The Worst Witch as Dolores in the episode called "Fair Is Foul & Fouls Are Fair" and in Burnside with Christopher Ellison, Justin Pierre and Zoe Eeles.
Michelle was picked for her role in EastEnders as Zoe Slater, and appeared in the Eastender's special called Eastenders - Slaters In Detention alongside Jessie Wallace, Kacey Ainsworth and Elaine Lordan.
Michelle appeared in a run of Who's the Daddy? at the King's Head Theatre.
She had a small role in an episode of Marple as Rose Water with Geraldine McEwan and also appeared in a small independent film called Cashback as Suzy with Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox and Shaun Evans.
Other roles include playing Maria Bertram in Mansfield Park opposite Billie Piper, Jemma Redgrave and Maggie O'Neill and also as Lila in the film I Want Candy, co-starring Carmen Electra and Mackenzie Crook.
Michelle appeared in Jekyll - Season 1 a modern day version of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as Katherine Reimer with James Nesbitt and Gina Bellman.
Michelle has starred in a remake of The Bionic Woman, as the main character of Jaime Sommers, listed on Lovefilm as Bionic Woman - The Complete Series with Lucy Hale and Mark Sheppard and Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead as the mysterious Lady Christina de Souza with David Tennant, Noma Dumezweni and Lee Evans.
On Red Nose Day 2007, Michelle appeared as Kate in a brand new Mr Bean's Wedding sketch written and recorded for Comic Relief.
She has also starred in Flick as Sandra Martin alongside Faye Dunaway, Hugh O'Conor and Mark Benton and in Merlin - Vol.1 and Merlin - Vol.2 as Nimueh the sorceress in the episodes called "The Mark of Nimueh", "The Poisoned Chalice", "Excalibur" and "Le Morte d'Arthur" with Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Anthony Head, Santiago Cabrera, Angel Coulby, Richard Wilson and Louise Dylan.
Michelle has starred in Mr Eleven as Saz Paley alongside Sean Maguire, Adam Garcia, Lynda Bellingham, Olivia Coleman and Denis Lawson.
Michelle is also a patron of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent.








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Michelle Ryan - what members say


  • Eastenders - Slaters In Detention
  • Eastenders - Slaters In Detention review by A customer from Wadebridge
    Rated - 4 stars Michelle Ryan 12 March 2008
    ...One for Michelle Ryan fans only methinks. In that regard you won't be dissapointed but otherwise I don't see the appeal of this, or Eastenders for that matter. ...  
  • Bionic Woman - The Complete Series
  • Bionic Woman - The Complete Series review by A customer from Birmingham
    Rated - 3 stars Disappointing 24 March 2008
    ...the lack of action in most of the stories, and there was too much angst between Michelle Ryan and her sister in the series. ...  
  • Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead
  • Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead review by DA200 from Cambs
    Rated - 1 stars same old rubbish 5 July 2009
    ...uard the cup has been stolen. There is plenty more of badly written plot holes. Michelle Ryan is wasted on the role (hopefully she will appear in the new series in 2010) The...  

Michelle Ryan - filmography


  • Flick on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Faye Dunaway,  Hugh O'Conor,  Mark Benton
    Director: David Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Memphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie (Faye Dunaway) is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and weird sightings following the alleged resurrection of a murder victim from the 1950s.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 35% from 17 members
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  • Cashback on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Sean Biggerstaff,  Emilia Fox,  Shaun Evans
    Director: Sean Ellis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Art student Ben Willis develops insomnia after going through a painful break-up. To kill time, he joins a colorful cast of characters on the late shift at the local supermarket. They all have their own time-killing devices, and Ben's allows him to see the beauty of the everyday world including the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 5,220 members
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  • Cashback to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Sean Biggerstaff,  Emilia Fox,  Shaun Evans
    Director: Sean Ellis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 18 minutes
    **PLEASE NOTE: This is the original Short Film version of CASHBACK released in 2004.** Part visual monologue, part slapstick comedy. It takes the viewers into the mind of Ben, an art college student in London, who works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 52 members
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Michelle Ryan facts

5 most recent films

Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead - 3.5 stars
Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Merlin - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Flick - 1.5 stars
Merlin - Series 1 - Vol.1 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Jekyll - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
Merlin - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Merlin - Series 1 - Vol.1 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead - 3.5 stars
Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Flick - 1.5 stars
Eastenders - Slaters In Detention - 1.5 stars
Mansfield Park - 3.0 stars
Cashback - 3.0 stars
Bionic Woman - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Louise Dylan - 8 times - show films
Anthony Head - 8 times - show films
Richard Wilson - 8 times - show films
Bradley James - 8 times - show films
Colin Morgan - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

James Hawes - 4 times - show films
Jeremy Webb - 4 times - show films
James Strong - 2 times - show films
Sean Ellis - 2 times - show films
Matt Lipsey - 1 times - show films