Milena Govich

Milena Govich is an actress also a director, actor, and musician. She has directed numerous episodes of TV and film, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently working on two pilots currently in development. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable with Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, 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. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the US. It won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also presented at the Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has been in over 100 television episodes 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). Conviction (2006) is a Dick Wolf series, was her second big role. This led to her being the Emmy-winning woman detective in Law & Order (1990). K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010)(CBS); Make It or Break It (2009) [ABC Family]; and Lori Stevens (MTV Drama Finding Carter (2014). Milena has also been featured in numerous films, including Sordid Things (2009); A Novel Romance (2011) which starred alongside Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) as well as #Lucky Number (2015) with the lead with Method Man; and the features Closure (2018), Be the Light (2020), and The Cleaner (2021). Milena is a native of Norman, Oklahoma was the valedictorian of her high school, before she graduated with a double major vocal performance and premed at the University of Central Oklahoma. She was also valedictorian of her high school. She utilized her ballet classical education shortly thereafter to make her Broadway debut in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production "Cabaret" at Studio 54.