EastEnders star set for major US role

Michelle will become The Bionic Woman
Michelle will become The Bionic Woman

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Former EastEnders star Michelle Ryan is set to star in a US remake of the 1970's television series, The Bionic Woman.

The 22-year-old actress beat a host of Hollywood stars to the role of Jamie Somers, a tennis star who is transformed with $50 million worth of bionic implants following a skydiving accident.

After leaving the BBC soap in 2004, Ryan has since appeared in the British romantic comedy, Cashback, and is due to appear back on UK television screens in a forthcoming adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.

The actress has also been working to establish herself in Hollywood, where she auditioned for and landed the lead role for the show's pilot episode.

Producers at NBC, the US network producing the show, have confirmed it will be a "re-imagination" of the original series, which starred actress Lindsay Wagner.

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