Milanka Brooks

Milanka Brooks
Born 12 September 1983[1]
London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Milanka Brooks is a British actress from London, England, best known for playing Ionela in Benidorm in 2015-2016. Brooks also played Elena Tulaska in "USS Callister", a 2017 episode of Black Mirror.

Education

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

Career

Milanka Brooks first appeared on screen in 2009 in two French films: Espion(s) 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, the fiancée of 'The Oracle' Johnny Vegas, in series 7 & 8 of ITV's Benidorm,[6] [7] and appeared as Svetlana in the Catherine Tate TV series Do Not Disturb in 2016.[8]

In 2017, Milanka Brooks played a TV presenter in the SyndicateRoom funded film Gun Shy[9] alongside Antonio Banderas.[10] In December 2017 she appeared as the blue-skinned Elena Tulaska in "USS Callister", the first episode of series 4 of Black Mirror.[11] Milanka is set to appear in the Disney feature film Patrick in 2018.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2018 Patrick (2018 film) [5] Suzanne
2017 Gun Shy [5] TV Presenter
2015 Sonja's World-Inside Out Sonja's Niece
2015 Draw on Sweet Night Lady Arbella Stuart
2015 Billy the Kid Mrs. Gill
2011 Diagnosis Superstar Secretary
2009 King Guillaume La traductrice
2009 Espion(s) La vendeuse

Television

Year Title Role
2018 Nutritiously Nicola Date 1
2017 Black Mirror[11] Elena Tulaska (1 episode)
2016 Do Not Disturb (TV series)[8] Svetlana [5]
2016 Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Airline Rep (1 episode)
2015-2016 Benidorm Ionela (Series 8 and 9) [7][6]
2015 Boy Meets Girl Barwomen (1 episode)
2014 Boomers Elena (1 episode)[5]
2013 The Intern Laura (author) (1 episode)
2012 Little Crackers Model (1 episode)[4]
2011 My Family Francesca (2 episodes)[3]

References

  1. ↑ "MilankaBrooks/status". twitter.com. 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Previous students". arts.ac.uk. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "My Family -Darts All Folks, Series 11 Episode 9 of 11". BBC. 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Little Crackers 2012, Episode 1 - Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Milanka Brooks A friendly & down-to-earth voice with a warm delivery". advoice.co.uk. 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Benidorm: Vegas gamble! Oracle has a secret". Daily Star. 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Benidorm episode Guide". Radio Times. 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. 1 2 "First look photo of Catherine Tate in her new Gold comedy series Do Not Disturb". tv.bt.com. 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Antonio Banderas-Gun Shy aims crowdfund new path success". thewrap.com. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Gun Shy 2017 watch online and full movie download". movieszzone.com. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Black Mirror season 4 cast and characters". Radio Times. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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