Michelle Ryan
Michelle Ryan
Michelle Claire Ryan 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"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth22 April 1984
taken actors want
Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful.
hurt fighting trying
When you fight on set, you try to not hurt anybody.
jazz knows
I just don't know anything about jazz, really. I've never really listened to it, but I'd definitely like to discover more about it.
real adventure water
I adore water, so it would be a real adventure to visit the Amazon before they chop down all the trees.
makeup flats ifs
If I am not working, I won't wear makeup and I will wear flats.
acting stuff
All that celebrity stuff isn't me. It's just not acting.
school people accents
I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.
opportunity giving opportunities-to-learn
Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.
people bother recognise
If I wear make-up, then people recognise me, but the rest of the time, no one really bothers.
sexy reality video
When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality shows. But I always turned them down.
thinking people important
I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.
fun grease theatre
When I was ten, I saw 'Grease' on stage and thought: 'I want to be part of that; it looks like so much fun.' My mum enrolled me in a local theatre group, and it all went from there.
different boring different-things
Doing the same thing day in, day out. It's just so boring. I like to jump from different things.
careers bionics bigs
'Bionic Woman' really enriched my career. It was a big, amazing thing to do.