Milka Zimková

Milka Zimková
Zimková in 2022
Born
Emília Lešková

(1951-08-01)1 August 1951
Okružná, Czechoslovakia
Died30 May 2023(2023-05-30) (aged 71)
Bratislava, Slovakia
EducationAcademy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Occupation(s)Actress and screenwriter
SpouseOndrej Zimka
Children2[1]

Emília "Milka" Zimková (née Lešková; 1 August 1951 – 30 May 2023) was a Slovak actress and screenwriter. She wrote the script and acted in one of the biggest Slovak comedy blockbusters, She Grazed Horses on Concrete.[2]

Biography

Emília Lešková was born on 1 August 1951,[3] in the village of Okružná, close to the city of Prešov. She was interested in acting from her early childhood.[4] She studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, graduating in 1973.[5]

With the exception of a year-long stint at the theatre of Trnava right after graduation, she was a freelance artist for her entire life. She mainly performed monodrama pieces under the stage name Milka Zimková.[6]

Zimková retired from acting in the 1990s. Towards the end of her life, she promoted conspiracy theories and pro-Russian narratives in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] She died at a hospital in Bratislava on 30 May 2023, at the age of 71. Her death was announced by her ex-husband, the painter Ondrej Zimka and their daughter Milina Zimková.[8]

Filmography

Screenplays

Acting

  • 1978 – Zlaté časy (Verona)
  • 1979 – Kamarátky (Rempová)
  • 1980 – Živá voda (Hana Múčková)
  • 1981 – Kosenie Jastrabej lúky (Katarína)
  • 1982 – She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Johana Ovšena)
  • 1983 – Zrelá mladosť (Vavjaková)
  • 1984 – Návrat Jána Petru (Elza Petrová)
  • 1985 – Forget Mozart (Marie Luisa)
  • 1987 – Sedmé nebe (Čermáková)
  • 1987 – Proč (sprievodkyňa vlaku)
  • 1989 – Montiho čardáš (Kubova žena)
  • 1995 – ...Crying for the Moon (Johana Ovšena)

References

  1. ^ "Matka a dcéra Zimkové - 7 odpovedí o knihách a obrázkoch". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 25 April 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Milka ZIMKOVÁ - Dictionnaire créatrices". www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ Zimková, Milka, 1951-. In: "Heslár SFÚ". Slovenský filmový ústav.
  4. ^ Novotná, Anna. "Milka Zimková: Za "kone na betóne" ju východniari nenávideli". korzar.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Milka Zimková - Životopis autora". Slovenské literárne centrum (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Zomrela legendárna Milka Zimková". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. ^ Hvorecký, Michal (17 December 2015). "Popásť na betóne svoje kone". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Zomrela legendárna Milka Zimková. Mala 71 rokov". Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska. 31 May 2023.