Michelle Ryan
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"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 (2007 TV series)/Bionic Woman. She appeared as the evil sorceress Nimueh in the 2008 BBC fantasy series Merlin (TV series)/Merlin, and as Christina de Souza/Lady Christina de Souza in the 2009 Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Dead".

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It's very difficult to have quotas for women because you have to be careful how they're evaluated and how the public views that as well.

If they feel they're not there on merit that can also have very bad implications. It's really about getting the balance, about being active but also retaining the appearance that everyone is qualified and doing a good job.

I figured that the community would step up and really try to help out and they have. We had originally planned for needing to find space for a lot more than this.

They gave us a bit of a scare there.

Scandinavian [food] doesn't tend to have a lot of the spicy spices, the hot spices. This is quite different from those flavors and I like to show the contrast.

They're all portal communities out in the Nordic area, so fish is a big part of their diet.