Michelle Ryan

Michelle Ryan was born in Enfield, Greater London, and was a student at Chace Community School.A member of a local theatre group since she was 10, she was picked for her role in EastEnders when she was 15 and first appeared on the show in September 2000; for the part, she affected an East End cockney accent, rather than speaking her usual Received Pronunciation.She left the series in late 2005