Milena Govich
Milena Govich, a director, actor and
musician, has directed many episodes on TV including Chicago Med (2015), The
Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and many more.
Also, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI
(2018). She is currently attached to two pilots currently in the process of
development. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors for AFI's prestigious
Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV show
proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable, starring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober,
saw its World premiere at SXSW and was awarded Best Episodic at the Seattle
International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film
Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) is screened across the United States,
winning Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at
Atlanta ShortsFest and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film
Festival. As an actor, Milena has appeared in more than 100 shows of
television. She first gained national attention in CBS's Love Monkey (2006),
then as the prostitute/con-artist Candy on three seasons of Rescue Me (2004)
(Denis Leary/FX). She was also featured in the Dick Wolf series Conviction
(2006) which culminated in her role as the very first and only female detective
on the Emmy-winning TV series Law & Order (1990). K-Ville (2007), The
Defenders (2010) (CBS), Make It or Break It (2009) (ABC Family) and Lori
Stevens in the MTV drama Finding Carter (2014) have all featured her or
recurred. Milena has also been featured in various films, including Sordid
Things (2009); A Novel Romance (2011), starring opposite Steve Guttenberg; Pass
the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015), starring opposite Method Man; and
the features Closure (2018), Be the Light (2020), and The Cleaner (2021). The
native of Norman, Oklahoma, Milena was valedictorian of high school. She then
completed two majors in singing and pre-med, with minors in violin and dance at
the University of Central Oklahoma, as well as graduating valedictorian. She
benefited from her classical ballet training to stage her Broadway debut in the
Rob Marshall/Sam Mendes production "Cabaret" at Studio 54.
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