Milena Govich
Milena Govich is a director, actor, and
musician who has directed a number of episodes of TV that include The Equalizer
(2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as
well as other. She also served as Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS
series FBI (2018), and has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in
development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious
Directing Workshop for Women, and also the exclusive Sony Pictures Television
Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV show
proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober
It had 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 written by Milena Vandervoort)
has been shown all across the United States. It won the Best Narrative Short at
Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's
Choice Award was also given at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has
been in over 100 episodes of television acting as an actress. 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) that
led to her role as the very first and only female detective on the Emmy-winning
series Law & Order (1990). She has been featured or reprised on a
variety of other shows, including K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010)
(CBS); Make It or Break It (2009) (ABC Family); and as Lori Stevens on the MTV
drama Finding Carter (2014). Milena was also seen in a variety of movies like
Sordid Things (2008); A Novel Romance (2011) as a co-star with Steve
Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015). She also appeared
in a movie with Method Man. Milena was born in Norman, Oklahoma was the
valedictorian at her high school before she graduated with a double major vocal
performance and premed at the University of Central Oklahoma. She also
graduated as valedictorian. After graduation, she capitalized on her ballet
education to make an appearance on Broadway in the production by Rob Marshall
and Sam Mendes of "Cabaret" in Studio 54.
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