Milena Govich

Milena Govich is an actor, director actress, musician, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's highly acclaimed Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, had its World premiere at SXSW and won the 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 shown all across the US. It won the award for 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 appeared for more than 100 television shows. 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) was her first appearance on CBS. Then she became the first and only female detective on 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 been a part of her, or have recurred. Milena was also seen in a variety of films including Sordid Things (2008); A Novel Romance (2011), opposite Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015). She also starred opposite Method Man. Milena is a Norman, Oklahoma native. When she was valedictorian at her high school, she went to pursue two majors in singing and premed along with minors in dance and violin at the University of Central Oklahoma. In the following years she made the most of her ballet education to perform on Broadway in the production by Rob Marshall and Sam Mendes of "Cabaret" at Studio 54.




 

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