Milena Govich

Milena Govich is an actress director, musician, and actor. She has helmed numerous episodes of TV, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena served as the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf’s CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a TV show proof of concept was shown at SXSW. The film also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the United States. The film won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor, Milena has been featured in close to 100 episodes 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). She also appeared on the Dick Wolf series Conviction (2006) that led to her being the first and only female detective on the Emmy-winning television series 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 also appeared in several movies like Sordid Things (2008); A Novel Romance (2011) with Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015). She also starred opposite Method Man. Milena was born in Norman, Oklahoma was the valedictorian in her high-school, but before that, she graduated with the double major in vocal performance and a premedical degree at the University of Central Oklahoma. She was also named valedictorian. Then, she capitalized on her classical ballet training to make an appearance on Broadway in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production of 'Cabaret' in Studio 54.