10 Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows, ranked

Milanka Brooks in Black Mirror | Image via Instagram: milankabrooks
Milanka Brooks in Black Mirror | Image via Instagram: milankabrooks

The list of Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows consists of several acclaimed projects that helped the English actress distinguish herself in the industry. She is popular for portraying the blue-skinned alien character in the online game Infinity, in the Black Mirror season 4 premiere episode. Brooks again reprised her role in Season 7 of Black Mirror.

The actress from London, England, was born into a family where her mother was a model and her father, an actor and a writer, was well acquainted with the industry she stepped in. She began her career as an actress in 2009 when she appeared in 2 French movies named, King Guillaume and Espion(s). Since then, several new and exciting projects have been added to the Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows list.

In this article, we have ranked 10 of the best Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows.

Disclaimer: This article is based on the writer’s opinion. Reader discretion is advised.


10 Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows, ranked

10) My Family

Zoë Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay in My Family | Image via DLT Entertainment
Zoë Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay in My Family | Image via DLT Entertainment

The British sitcom My Family was a well-loved, award-winning show that premiered in 2000 and ended in 2011. The sitcom revolved around the Harper family, a middle-class family, living in Chiswick. The show focuses on the challenges faced by the family, which resonated well with the audience of the series.

Milanka Brooks, right after she graduated from Drama School, got an opportunity to be a part of this popular show as she played the character of Francesca and appeared in two episodes in season 11. This marked the beginning of her career in British TV, making this an important role for her, and it has to be mentioned in the Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows.


9) Boy Meets Girl

Rebecca Root in Boy Meets Girl | Image via BBC
Rebecca Root in Boy Meets Girl | Image via BBC

One of the first comedy series centered around transgender issues, Boy Meets Girl, narrates the story of a 40-year-old transgender woman, Judy, meeting a 26-year-old Leo, who doesn’t mind her being a trans woman. Before meeting Judy, Leo had been unlucky in love, but things appear hopeful when he meets Judy at a club.

Milanka Brooks appeared as a barwoman in the first episode of Season 1 of the acclaimed British TV show. She worked at the club where Leo and Judy first met.


8) Cleaning Up

Milanka Brooks in Cleaning Up | Image via ITV
Milanka Brooks in Cleaning Up | Image via ITV

Brooks plays Daniela, a fellow cleaner at Xenco Clean with protagonist Sam Cook ( Sheridan Smith). Smith’s Sam is struggling with her gambling addiction and not being able to make more money, as her husband is threatening to take full custody of their daughters. Later, she discovers some information about stockbroking and gets involved in it to make money.

Milanka Brooks had a recurring role in the series and has appeared in two out of six episodes of the Sheridan Smith-starrer series.


7) Four Weddings and a Funeral

Rebecca Rittenhouse in Four Weddings and a Funeral | Image via Universal Television
Rebecca Rittenhouse in Four Weddings and a Funeral | Image via Universal Television

Milanka Brooks plays the character of Stasia, one of the people whom the group of American friends meet, who is also a friend of Ainsley’s British neighbor, Gemma. Through the characters of Gemma and Stasia, the series introduces the American group's London social life.

As the group was reunited to attend a wedding, they went through several changes in their lives, which included heartbreaks, scandals, etc., in a year they lived in the country.


6) The Windsors

Haydn Gwynne in The Windsors | Image via Channel 4 Entertainment
Haydn Gwynne in The Windsors | Image via Channel 4 Entertainment

Adding another comedy show to the Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows list is The Windsors. This British comedy show is a parody of the Royal family and showcases completely fictional stories that are inspired by real events.

By appearing in the third season of the show, Brooks checked another character off her list by playing a royal character as she portrayed the role of a Swedish princess named Svetlana.


5) Little Crackers

Milanka Brooks played a minor role as one of the models with the 19-year-old Joanna Lumley, trying to navigate through the harsh modelling industry. Set in 1965, this autobiographical tale sees Joanna initially trying to find a footing in the competitive world and impressing a male photographer, but things become nasty when the photographer begins calling names to the models.

In the early years of her career, Brooks got a chance to share the screen with a legendary actress, Joanna Lumley, making it one of the important roles of her early career that should be mentioned in the Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows list.


4) Boomers

Milanka Brooks in Boomers | Image via Hat Trick Productions
Milanka Brooks in Boomers | Image via Hat Trick Productions

Boomers depicts the story of a group of newly retired baby boomers. In the premiere episode of the 2014 episode of the British sitcom, the town of Thurnemouth is preparing for Jean’s funeral, which will also be attended by her former husband, Mick, played by Nigel Planer, who lived in Spain. However, he didn’t come alone.

Brooks played Elena, the new Lithuanian wife of Planer’s character Mick, who accompanies him to the funeral of his former wife, causing shock and surprise in Thurnemouth. However, all the flashy innuendos of Mick gradually come to an end after Brooks's Elena, later reveals to James Smith’s Trevor that Mick has lost all his money, due to which she had decided to leave him.

The series portrays the life of these baby boomers who are now or about to be retired from their jobs and how they are going to spend the remainder of their lives, but with a humorous tone. The series also gives us a glimpse of Brooks' talent as she played an important guest role in the series’s first episode, hence it should be added to the list of best Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows.


3) Do Not Disturb

Sian Gibson in Do Not Disturb | Image via Lonesome Pine Productions
Sian Gibson in Do Not Disturb | Image via Lonesome Pine Productions

The Catherine Tate-starrer Television film, Do Not Disturb, tells the story of a woman, Anna Wilson, who is confronted by her husband, John (Miles Jupp), in the Honeymoon Suite of Stratford-upon-Avon for having an affair with a younger man. Both of them are unaware of the presence of a young, hungover man in the bathroom of the suite, which would cause misunderstandings between the couple who want to try to reconcile.

Milanka portrays the character of Svetlana, one of the escorts brought from Russia for the stag party being held in the hotel. The groom is the young man in Anna and John’s room. With multiple misunderstandings arising in the farce comedy film, it gives the audience a perfect look at British humor, making it one of the best in the list of Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows.


2) Benidorm

Johnny Vegas in Benidorm | Image via Tiger Aspect Productions
Johnny Vegas in Benidorm | Image via Tiger Aspect Productions

Benidorm is a sitcom that follows the Holidaymakers who visit the Solana Hotel in Benidorm, Spain, every year for a week and coincidentally meet each other. The BAFTA-nominated and National Television Award-winning comedy show was a breakthrough for Milanka Brooks, in which she played the character of Ionela, who meets Johnny Vegas’s Geoff Maltby on an online dating site and connects with him after he lies about being rich.

However, their romance is cut short when Geoff tells her the truth after being persuaded by his mother, and she leaves. Brooks played a recurring character in Seasons 7 and 8 of the hit British TV show. Hence is a must-watch and ranked higher in the Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows list.


1) Black Mirror

In the sci-fi satire show, Black Mirror, Milanka Brooks appeared in the premiere episode of season 4, titled USS Callister, which earned several Primetime Emmy Awards. The episode tells the story of Jesse Plemons’s Robert Daly, who creates a Star Trek-themed game called Infinity and, out of spite, puts clones of his colleagues in the game using their DNA.

Brooks plays Elena Tulaska in the real world, and the clone of Elena in the Infinity game, crew member Tulaska of USS Callister, whose captain is Plemons's Daly. As the Captain of the ship, he tortures the crew members who are his colleagues in the real world. In the end, with the help of Cristin Milioti’s Nanette, the crew successfully escapes the part of the game where Daly had trapped them and enters the wider game.

In the sequel to the episode titled USS Callister: Into Infinity, Brooks and the others reprise their roles and face new challenges as they enter the game with millions of players. The episode is one of the critically acclaimed episodes of the popular series and depicts Brooks’s talent as an actress with an outstanding cast around her, making it one of her best performances. Hence, it ranks number one in the Milanka Brooks movies and TV shows list.


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