Milena Govich

Milena Govich is an actor as well as a director and musician. She has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently directing two pilots in development. Milena was among eight women who were selected by AFI's highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, featured its World Premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been shown across the nation and was awarded 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. 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). Conviction (2006), the Dick Wolf series, was her second main role. It led to her being the Emmy-winning 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 appeared in many films which include Sordid Things (2010); A Novel Romance (2011) with Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) which starred alongside Method Man; as well as #Lucky Number (2015). Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Milena was valedictorian of high school, and then enrolled in her double major in singing and pre-med, with minors in dance and violin at the University of Central Oklahoma, as well as graduating valedictorian. Then she benefited from her ballet and classical training to perform on Broadway in the production by Rob Marshall and Sam Mendes of 'Cabaret' at Studio 54.