Michelle Ryan drops another huge hint that she’s returning to EastEnders with shock reunion
MICHELLE Ryan has dropped another huge hint that she's returning to EastEnders.
The former BBC One serial drama actress hosted an off-screen reunion with one of her prominent former co-stars.
Michelle Ryan, 40, played Zoe Slater in EastEnders from 2000 until her last appearance in 2005.
The beloved character was involved in major storylines which included the memorable 'You aint my mother' shouting match with mum Kat (Jessie Wallace).
He other major storyline included a romance with Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman)
This came at the behest of Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), whose father Den (Leslie Grantham) had a vested interest.
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Later she was involved in the Witches of Walford storyline with Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) and Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf).
Zoe initially thought she killed Den in the Queen Vic, but Sam witnessed Chrissie strike the final blow with Pauline Fowler's (Wendy Richard) doggy doorstop.
In the end, Chrissie's actions were eventually discovered as she tried to flee the country and Sam and Zoe were mostly in the clear.
But nearly 20 years after their iconic antics on the square, Michelle and Kim reunited as the duo met up for drinks.
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Michelle posted their comeback selfie onto her Instagram grid page as she sent soap fans into a frenzy.
She captioned the snap: "Kim and I on a pre Christmas catch up. We hadn’t seen each other in five years. As easy company as ever."
Excited fans couldn't help but flood the post as the begged the pair to make a comeback together, along with .
One fan asked: "Please come back to Eastenders we need you both & Tracy Ann."
A second reminisced: "Back to the good old days, the 00s," along with a red heart emoji.
"You both need to come back to the show that would be incredible!!!", exclaimed someone else.
As a fourth added: "First little Mo now Sam I need you all back."
Chrissie Watts' biggest EastEnders storylines
Chrissie Watts was played by Tracy-Ann Oberman and is widely considered to be one of the best villains in soap history.
The character first arrived in Albert Square in 2004 as she was looking for her estranged husband Den Watts.
After she was persuaded to give their marriage another go, she then discovered he had an adopted daughter, Sharon (Letitia Dean) along with two other children, Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) and Vicki Fowler (Scarlett Alice Johnson).
Chrissie soon discovers that Den has been having an affair with the local ex-policewoman, Kate Morton (Jill Halfpenny). Chrissie initially worked together with Kate in the salon, before she got her revenge by hacking off her hair in revenge.
Chrissie and Den reconciled as she told him that she would kill him if he ever cheated on her again. Together, they decided to defraud Sam Mitchell (Kim Metcalfe) and her family from everything, including their ownership the Queen Vic. However, she soon felt left out by Den after he begins another affair with Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan), when he tries to get her pregnant after she lied to Dennis.
Dennis discovered the affair. Chrissie then persuaded Zoe to abort the baby. Together with Sam Mitchell, they concoct a plan to get their own revenge on Den and either Chrissie or Sam will get hold of the pub.
They confront him on the night of his 37th wedding anniversary with Angie. Den is unmoved and confesses all of his wrongdoings, including Chrissie's part in defrauding the Mitchell's. However, Sharon was waiting in the shadows and she denounces Den before leaving Watford.
Chrissie taunted Den who then attacked her. In turn, Zoe then hits Den with a doorstop which belonged to Den's sworn enemy Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). Sam and Zoe panic, but a smug Chrissie taunted him when they were left alone. He violently grabbed her leg before she delivered the fatal blow to his head with the heavy object, unaware that Sam was secretly watching her.
Zoe was left unaware of the true extent of what happened that night and Chrissie allowed her to think that she killed Den. The trio hid the body in the Vic, before Sam confronted Chrissie about what she truly saw. Sam demanded that the ownership of the pub reverted back to the Mitchell family.
Sam tells Zoe the truth about the murder and Zoe leaves Walford. but she tells Kat (Jessie Wallace) about the killing. Sam gets drunk on Sharon and Dennis' wedding day, digs up den's body in the hope that Chrissie will be sent down. But Chrissie feigned grief as she comforted Sharon over her dad's death. Sam told the police about the murder, but when Den's blood was found under Sam's sink, complete with her changing story, she got the blame for his murder. Chrissie also convinces Kat to get Stacey (Lacey Turner) to give a false alibi to the police that Zoe and Chrissie were with Kat her that night.
Sam's mother Peggy (Barbara Windsor) returned to Walford and slapped Chrissie who fell into Den's grave at the funeral. The matriarch also accused her of murder by framing her daughter. Stacey soon learned the truth and she blackmailed Chrissie for money. In return, she then forms a relationship with Jake Moon (Joel Beckett) and she attempts to sell the Queen Vic to Jake's gangland boss Johnny Allen (Billy Murray).
After making a series of mistakes, she planned to free the country with Jake. Before then, they argued at Johnny's nightclub, where Chrissie confessed that she killed Den with the doorstop. Johnny told Phil and Grant about the tape but Chrissie and Jake were already on their way out of the country. However, they were almost stopped by Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) and Billy (Perry Fenwick) informed the police. At the airport, she was confronted by Sharon and was arrested by police after an exchange of words and a punch to the face.
Chrissie only co-operated with the force in exchange for a meeting with Sharon, as she tried to get her to understand why she killed Den. In the meantime, Sam was released on bail but fled to Brazil with the help of Phil. Jake visited her in prison and proposes to her. However, she discovered that he lost the £25,000 that was to be her bail money and she called him an 'idiot' before storming out. She then decided to get revenge on Sharon for sending her to prison. She attempted to force her to testify in court about what Den was like as Chrissie thought that Sharon would crumble. But still looking at Sharon like a step-daughter she called off her plan, fired her solicitor and plead guilty to the murder. She was then sentenced to life imprisonment.
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