Milena Govich
Milena Govich is an actress, director,
and musician. She has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015)
(211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick
Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was
one of the eight women selected for AFI’s highly regarded Directing Workshop
for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse
Directors program. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a TV
series proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic
at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo
International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been shown all
over the country and has won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival,
Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest and the Director's Choice Award at
Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in more than 100
television series. 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 also appeared on the Dick Wolf series Conviction
(2006) and was the catalyst for her role as the first and the only female
detective on the Emmy-winning television series Law & Order (1990).
K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010)(CBS); Make It or Break It (2009)
(ABC Family) as well as Lori Stevens (MTV Drama Finding Carter (2014). Milena
has appeared in numerous films, including Sordid Things (2010); A Novel Romance
(2011) as a co-star with Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) which starred
opposite Method Man; as well as the role of #Lucky Number (2015). Milena was
born in Norman, Oklahoma was the valedictorian of her high school, before she
graduated with two majors in vocal performance and premed at the University of
Central Oklahoma. She also graduated as valedictorian. She used her classical
ballet training to stage her Broadway debut in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall
production "Cabaret" at Studio 54.
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