Milanka Brooks


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

Education

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

Career

Brooks first appeared on screen in 2009 in two French films: Spy and King Guillaume. Her first appearance on British television was in 2011, as Francesca, in series 11 of the BBC TV sitcom My Family. In 2012, Brooks appeared as a model in episode 1 of Joanna Lumley's TV comedy series Little Crackers, and as Elena in the BBC comedy Boomers in 2014.
From 2015 to 2016, Brooks played Ionela in the seventh and eighth series of ITV's Benidorm,
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 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. Milanka also appeared in the Disney feature film Patrick in 2018. 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011My FamilyFrancesca2 episodes
2012Little CrackersModel1 episode
2013The InternLaura1 episode
2014BoomersElena1 episode
2015, 2016BenidormIonelaSeries 8 and 9
2015Boy Meets GirlBarwomen1 episode
2017Black MirrorElena TulaskaEpisode: "USS Callister"
2018Nutritiously NicolaDate 12 episodes
2019Cleaning UpDaniela2 episodes
2019Four Weddings and a FuneralStasia1 episode
2020The WindsorsPrincess Svetlana2 episodes