Milanka Brooks

Milanka Brooks (born 12 September 1983) is an English actress, known for her roles as Ionela in Benidorm and Elena Tulaska in "USS Callister", a 2017 episode of Black Mirror.

Milanka Brooks
Born (1983-09-12) 12 September 1983[1]
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Education

Brooks graduated from The Drama Centre London, Class of 2008/2009.[2]

Career

Brooks first appeared on screen in 2009 in two French films: Spy(ies) and King Guillaume. Her first appearance on British television was in 2011, as Francesca, in series 11 of the BBC TV sitcom My Family.[3] In 2012, Brooks appeared as a model in episode 1 of Joanna Lumley's TV comedy series Little Crackers,[4] and as Elena in the BBC comedy Boomers in 2014.[5]

From 2015 to 2016, Brooks played Ionela in the seventh and eighth series of ITV's Benidorm,[6] [7] and appeared as Svetlana in the Catherine Tate television film Do Not Disturb in 2016.

In 2017, Brooks played a TV presenter in the SyndicateRoom funded film Gun Shy[8] alongside Antonio Banderas. In December 2017 she appeared as the blue-skinned Elena Tulaska in "USS Callister", the first episode of series 4 of Black Mirror.[9] Milanka also appeared in the Disney feature film Patrick in 2018.[5] In 2019, Brooks had a role in the ITV drama Cleaning Up, and is set to appear in an episode of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role
2009 King Guillaume La traductrice
2009 Spyies La vendeuse
2011 Diagnosis Superstar Secretary
2015 Sonja's World-Inside Out Sonja's Niece
2015 Draw on Sweet Night Lady Arbella Stuart
2015 Billy the Kid Mrs. Gill
2016 Do Not Disturb Svetlana
2017 Gun Shy TV Presenter
2018 Patrick Suzanne
2018 Coulda Woulda Shoulda Airline Rep
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 My Family Francesca 2 episodes
2012 Little Crackers Model 1 episode
2013 The Intern Laura 1 episode
2014 Boomers Elena 1 episode
2015, 2016 Benidorm Ionela Series 8 and 9
2015 Boy Meets Girl Barwomen 1 episode
2017 Black Mirror Elena Tulaska Episode: "USS Callister"
2018 Nutritiously Nicola Date 1 2 episodes
2019 Cleaning Up Daniela 2 episodes
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral Stasia 1 episode
2020 The Windsors Princess Svetlana 2 episodes[10]
gollark: Most forks of stuff are.
gollark: The license probably disallows it.
gollark: I think other players can get the sword too, but this sort of thing is ridiculous.
gollark: This code seems to be putting some sword or other into the inventory of a player given as argument, if they are "ACheatyBastardOfCheatBastardness", and runs on player login.
gollark: https://github.com/rwtema/Extra-Utilities-2-Source/blob/08b9588251bef9056e87a69be8baaeca30530e5d/1.10.2/src/main/java/com/rwtema/extrautils2/items/ItemLawSword.java#L551

References
  1. "MilankaBrooks/status". twitter.com. 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "Previous students". arts.ac.uk. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. "My Family -Darts All Folks, Series 11 Episode 9 of 11". BBC. 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  4. "Little Crackers 2012, Episode 1 - Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. "Milanka Brooks A friendly & down-to-earth voice with a warm delivery". advoice.co.uk. 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Benidorm: Vegas gamble! Oracle has a secret". Daily Star. 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. "Benidorm episode Guide". Radio Times. 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. "Antonio Banderas-Gun Shy aims crowdfund new path success". thewrap.com. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. "Black Mirror season 4 cast and characters". Radio Times. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  10. "The Windsors Series 3 - Episode 4". Radio Times. 2020.
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