Milka Zimková

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