Michelle Ryan triggers fresh hopes of Zoe Slater EastEnders return

Michelle Ryan has renewed hopes she could instrumentality to EastEnders arsenic Zoe Slater. 

The histrion primitively played the quality connected the BBC soap betwixt 2000 and 2005, but has not been seen connected surface since. 

Back successful 2001, it was famously revealed that Zoe’s sister Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) was really her parent successful an occurrence watched by 19 cardinal viewers.

Michelle threw backmost to her soap heyday with a station connected Instagram connected Wednesday, which got fans excited astir a imaginable Walford comeback. 

Sharing immoderate quality headshots, she wrote: ‘I was conscionable sent these 2 photos from the quadrate that were taken erstwhile I was 17/18, that’s aboriginal 2000’s! They were really ne'er utilized for cards to beryllium signed (although I’m being told that immoderate radical person them, I didn’t realise).

‘Wishing everyone connected the quadrate a precise Happy 40th Birthday! What an accomplishment for a amusement to tally for that long!

‘Many large memories. Congratulations to everyone.’

Soundtracking the station with Blondie’s Call Me, she added: ‘Don’t work into the opus chosen, it’s playing successful the cafe.’

However, successful the comments section, she referenced caller remarks from on-screen mum Jessie Wallce, who plays Kat, calling for Zoe to return. 

Speaking connected co-star Lacey Turner’s caller BBC podcast We Started Here earlier this week, Jessie said: ‘I’d emotion it if she came back,’ she said. ‘I deliberation it would beryllium large for Kat and Zoe.

I deliberation it would beryllium superb if she conscionable turned up and went, “Hello, Mum!”‘

One instrumentality commented connected Michelle’s post, writing: ‘Definitely manifesting a Zoe return. Even Jessie Wallace has said she would emotion you to travel backmost connected Lacey Turner’s podcast.’

She replied: ‘It came up connected a feed, precise arrogant of Lacey having her ain podcast. Lovely of Jessie to say.’

Another said: ‘I cognize you said for a agelong clip you didn’t privation to ever spell backmost but you inactive admit that radical bash privation you backmost and thought you were large successful it right?’ to which Michelle wrote back: ‘Of course.’ 

Michelle recently hinted she was ready for a Walford comeback. 

After reuniting with her on-screen aunt Kasey Ainsworth, who played Little Mo, she reflected connected immoderate EastEnders memories arsenic she shared a representation connected Instagram.

When 1 instrumentality successful the comments asked if she would see a return, she said: ‘Never accidental never!’

She besides said: ‘That’s for the producers to decide,’ successful effect to a remark that stated her instrumentality would beryllium ‘epic’.

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