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 Michelle Ryan was born on April 22nd, 1984 in Enfield, Middlesex, England.She started her career performing in a Dance Gala at The London Palladium with "Wayne Sleep" (1998), with her first television role being "Dolores" in the children's program, Fair Is Foul and Fouls Are Fair (2000).She then went on to play "Zoe Slater" in the BBC Soap, EastEnders (1985) (2000-2005), with a two hander episode in which her character, "Zoe Slater", shared the screen with her mother, "Kat Slater", drawing in 19 million viewers and winning "Best Single Episode" at the British Soap Awards (2002). Ryan was also nominated in the category of Best Actress at the British Soap Awards (2005).Her first movie role came in 2005 with Sean Ellis' Cashback (2004). Then appearing, alongside Faye Dunaway, in Flick (2008), which was nominated for the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film Awards, and I Want Candy (2007) with Carmen Electra. She has taken other independent movie roles in Noel Clarke's 4.3.2.1. (2010); Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011) with Josh Hartnett, Danny DeVito and Carla Gugino; The Man Inside (2012) with Ashley Walters and Peter Mullan (2012); and Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) with Harry Treadaway (2012).Ryan has appeared in a number of UK television series, including Jekyll (2007), for the BBC as psychiatrist "Katherine Reimer", with James Nesbitt, Mansfield Park (2007) for ITV as "Maria Bertram" opposite Rory Kinnear before being cast as "Jaime Sommers" in the title role for NBC's 2007 remake of Bionic Woman (2007). Other TV roles include "Nimueh" in Merlin (2008) for the BBC (2008), "Lady Christina de Souza" in Planet of the Dead (2009) for the BBC (2009) and as "Saz Paley" with Olivia Colman in Mister Eleven (2009) for ITV (2009).Alongside her TV and Film work, she has appeared in theatre productions "Who's the Daddy" (2005) at the Kings Head Theatre in Islington, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" at The Royal Derngate Theatre in Northampton (2010) playing the role of "Marge", opposite Kyle Soller, and as the lead role of "Sally Bowles" in "Cabaret" at The Savoy Theatre, London (2012).Ryan joined Piper Perabo for a 6-episode arc as "CIA agent Helen Hanson" in Covert Affairs (2010) for the USA Network (2013).Michelle can also be seen in Andron (2015), starring Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover.
Bio:
Michelle Ryan was born on April 22nd, 1984 in Enfield, Middlesex, England.She started her career performing in a Dance Gala at The London Palladium with "Wayne Sleep" (1998), with her first television role being "Dolores" in the children's program, Fair Is Foul and Fouls Are Fair (2000).She then went on to play "Zoe Slater" in the BBC Soap, EastEnders (1985) (2000-2005), with a two hander episode in which her character, "Zoe Slater", shared the screen with her mother, "Kat Slater", drawing in 19 million viewers and winning "Best Single Episode" at the British Soap Awards (2002). Ryan was also nominated in the category of Best Actress at the British Soap Awards (2005).Her first movie role came in 2005 with Sean Ellis' Cashback (2004). Then appearing, alongside Faye Dunaway, in Flick (2008), which was nominated for the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film Awards, and I Want Candy (2007) with Carmen Electra. She has taken other independent movie roles in Noel Clarke's 4.3.2.1. (2010); Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011) with Josh Hartnett, Danny DeVito and Carla Gugino; The Man Inside (2012) with Ashley Walters and Peter Mullan (2012); and Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) with Harry Treadaway (2012).Ryan has appeared in a number of UK television series, including Jekyll (2007), for the BBC as psychiatrist "Katherine Reimer", with James Nesbitt, Mansfield Park (2007) for ITV as "Maria Bertram" opposite Rory Kinnear before being cast as "Jaime Sommers" in the title role for NBC's 2007 remake of Bionic Woman (2007). Other TV roles include "Nimueh" in Merlin (2008) for the BBC (2008), "Lady Christina de Souza" in Planet of the Dead (2009) for the BBC (2009) and as "Saz Paley" with Olivia Colman in Mister Eleven (2009) for ITV (2009).Alongside her TV and Film work, she has appeared in theatre productions "Who's the Daddy" (2005) at the Kings Head Theatre in Islington, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" at The Royal Derngate Theatre in Northampton (2010) playing the role of "Marge", opposite Kyle Soller, and as the lead role of "Sally Bowles" in "Cabaret" at The Savoy Theatre, London (2012).Ryan joined Piper Perabo for a 6-episode arc as "CIA agent Helen Hanson" in Covert Affairs (2010) for the USA Network (2013).Michelle can also be seen in Andron (2015), starring Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover.
Tivia:
Auditioned for the role of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (2006), but lost out to French actress Eva Green.Was given the role of Lexi in the film Adulthood (2008). However filming was delayed so Ryan dropped out of the film to pursue the short-lived TV series Bionic Woman (2007). The role of Lexi was then given to Ryan's former EastEnders (1985) co-star Scarlett Alice Johnson.She was consistently voted one of England's sexiest women by readers of the men's magazine FHM. She was ranked #70 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2002, #21 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2004, #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 and #59 on FHM 100 sexiest women in 2007.So far she has had two film adventures on London red buses: one where she accompanies Dr Who to the Planet of the Dead, and at the end, escapes the police in the bus, and another in Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) in which she shoots a zombie who boards her bus for having "No ticket".Ranked #35 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Zoe Slater (2015).Ranked #32 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Zoe Slater (2010). |
| Name: |
Michelle Ryan |
Type: |
Actress,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Writer,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Writer,Producer |
| Model rank: |
958 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:43:48 |
| Height: |
5' 7' (1.70 m) |
| Biography: |
Michelle Ryan was born on April 22nd, 1984 in Enfield, Middlesex, England.She started her career performing in a Dance Gala at The London Palladium with \"Wayne Sleep\" (1998), with her first television role being \"Dolores\" in the ch |
| Trivia: |
Auditioned for the role of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (2006), but lost out to French actress Eva Green.Was given the role of Lexi in the film Adulthood (2008). However filming was delayed so Ryan dropped out of the film to pursue the short-lived TV series Bionic Woman (2007). The role of Lexi was then given to Ryan's former EastEnders (1985) co-star Scarlett Alice Johnson.She was consistently voted one of England's sexiest women by readers of the men's magazine FHM. She was ranked #70 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2002, #21 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2004, #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 and #59 on FHM 100 sexiest women in 2007.So far she has had two film adventures on London red buses: one where she accompanies Dr Who to the Planet of the Dead, and at the end, escapes the police in the bus, and another in Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) in which she shoots a zombie who boards her bus for having "No ticket".Ranked #35 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Zoe Slater (2015).Ranked #32 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Zoe Slater (2010). |
| Trademarks: |
Piercing blue eyes |
| Quotes: |
Bionic Woman (2007) really enriched my career. It was a big, amazing thing to do.
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Bionic Woman (2007) changed direction too much from episode to episode, which I think is why it lost momentum.
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I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
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Money doesn't drive me.
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Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose. |
| Job title: |
Actress,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(2005) Played Tiffany in "Who's the Daddy?", a new play by Lloyd Evans - King's Head Theatre, London
(October 2012 - January 2013) Performed in the West End production of "Cabaret" as Sally Bowles, alongside Will Young and S |
| Parents: |
Craig Ryan
Tina Ryan |
| Relatives: |
Mark Ryan (Sibling) |
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