Milanka Brooks

Milanka Brooks was born in Regent's Park, London, England to Mileva Brooks, a model, and Harry Brooks Jr., an actor and writer. She is best recognized for her 2018 role as Elena Tulaska in Black Mirror (2011)'s multi-Emmy Award winning episode, USS Callister (2017), on Netflix, opposite Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, and Jimmi Simpson, amongst others. Milanka is also recognised for her series regular role in Series 7 & 8 of ITV's Benidorm (2007), playing Johnny Vegas' fiancée, Ionela. She graduated The Drama Centre London, part of Central Saint Martins, and was immediately cast in multi award-winning BBC1 sitcom My Family (2000), opposite Zoë Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay. She then filmed on Joanna Lumley's Little Crackers (2010) with Tiger Aspect Productions for Sky1. Milanka then went on to play guest lead and Nigel Planer's wife Elena, in the comedy, Boomers (2014) on BBC2. In 2018 Milanka was also in Mandie Fletcher's feature film Patrick the Pug (2018), released theatrically