Milena Govich

Milena Govich is an actor, director, and musician. She has directed a number of episodes of TV, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is currently directing two pilots in the process of development. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable the short film she created, and TV series proof of concept was shown at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) is screened all over the country and won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in over 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). Also, she was a part of the Dick Wolf series Conviction (2006), which led to her being the first and only female detective in the Emmy-winning show 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 all featured her or had her in. Milena was also seen in a variety of films, like 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 is a native of Norman, Oklahoma was the valedictorian in her high-school, but before that, she graduated with two major vocal performances and premed at the University of Central Oklahoma. She was also named valedictorian. After graduation she made the most of her ballet and classical training to perform on Broadway in the production of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall of "Cabaret" at Studio 54.