Milena Govich
Milena Govich is an actress director,
musician, and actor. She has directed a number of episodes of TV and film,
including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She also served as
the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is
attached to direct two pilots in development. Milena was selected as one of
eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short
film and TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable with Laura Vandervoort
and Jeff Kober has was screened at its World Premiere at SXSW and was awarded
the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best
Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short
form Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across
the nation. It was awarded the title of Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film
Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice
Award was also awarded 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), a Dick Wolf series, was her second big role. It
culminated in her being the Emmy-winning woman detective in Law & Order
(1990). She has also been featured or recurred on numerous other showslike
K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010) (CBS); Make It or Break It (2009)
(ABC Family) and for the role of Lori Stevens on the MTV drama Finding Carter
(2014). Milena also appeared in several movies including Sordid Things (2008);
A Novel Romance (2011), opposite Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) and
#Lucky Number (2015). She was also in the film with Method Man. Milena was born
in Norman, Oklahoma was the valedictorian in her high-school, but before that,
she completed two majors in vocal performance and premed at the University of
Central Oklahoma. She also graduated valedictorian. In the following years she
benefited from her classical ballet training to appear on Broadway in the
production of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall of "Cabaret" in Studio 54.
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