Milena Govich
Milena Govich is a director as well as
an actor and musician who has directed numerous episodes of TV such as The
Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire
(2012) as well as other. She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS
series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are in the
process of development. Milena was selected as one of eight directors in AFI's
prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV
series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff
Kober, featured its World Premiere at SXSW and won Best Episodic at the Seattle
International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film
Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the
nation. The film won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film
Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's
Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared on
more than 100 television episodes as an actor. 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) that led to her role as the initial and the
only female detective on the Emmy-winning series Law & Order (1990).
She has also been featured in a number of other television shows including
K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010) (CBS); Make It or Break It (2009)
(ABC Family) and also on the show Finding Carter as Lori Stevens on the MTV
drama Finding Carter (2014). Milena has been featured in a variety of films
that include Sordid Things (2010); A Novel Romance (2011) in which she starred
alongside Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015), starring alongside Method
Man; as well as the role of #Lucky Number (2015). Milena is a native of Norman,
Oklahoma was the valedictorian at her high school before she completed the
double major in vocal performance and premed at the University of Central
Oklahoma. She was also named valedictorian. She benefited from her classical
ballet education shortly thereafter to stage her Broadway debut in the Sam
Mendes/Rob Marshall production "Cabaret" at Studio 54.
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