Milena Govich
Milena Govich, director, actor and
musician, has directed many episodes of TV including Chicago Med (2015), The
Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and many more.
She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI
(2018), and is attached to direct two pilots currently in development. Milena
was one of eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for
Women, as well as the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors
Program. Unspeakable is her short film and TV show proof of concept was
premiered at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film
Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made
in the short form Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been
shown all across the nation. 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 in more than 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 the Dick Wolf series, was her second main role.
This led to her being the Emmy-winning woman 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 all
featured her or featured her in reruns. Milena is also a part of numerous
films, including Sordid Things (2009); A Novel Romance (2011) in which she
starred opposite Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015),
starring alongside Method Man; and the features Closure (2018), Be the Light
(2020), and The Cleaner (2021). Milena is from Norman, Oklahoma native. After
being valedictorian of her high school, she went further to get two majors in
vocal performances and premed with minors in dance and violin at the University
of Central Oklahoma. Then, she used her classical ballet skills to take part in
a show on Broadway in the Rob Marshall/Sam Mendes production 'Cabaret' at
Studio 54.
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