Milena Govich
Milena Govich, director, actor and
musician, has directed numerous episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The
Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. She
was also the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She
is currently working on two pilots currently in the process of development.
Milena was one of the eight women who were selected by AFI's prestigious
Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures
Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her short film as well as
a television show proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. The film also won
Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot
at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by
Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the US. It was awarded the award
for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at
Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also presented at the
Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has been in over 100 TV 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). Conviction (2006), the Dick Wolf series, was her second main role.
It culminated in her being awarded the Emmy for best female detective in 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 featured her in reruns. Milena has also been
featured in various films, including Sordid Things (2009); A Novel Romance
(2011) in which she starred opposite Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015)
and #Lucky Number (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015), which stars opposite Method
Man; and the features Closure (2018), Be the Light (2020), and The Cleaner
(2021). Milena is a Norman, Oklahoma native. After graduating as valedictorian from
her high school, she went to pursue two majors in singing and premed, along
with minors in violin and dance at the University of Central Oklahoma. She
utilized her ballet classical education shortly thereafter to make her Broadway
debut in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production "Cabaret" at Studio
54.
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