Milena Govich
Milena Govich is a producer, actor
actress, musician, and actor who has directed a number of episodes of TV that
include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020),
Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena served as the
Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently
working on two pilots. Milena was among eight women selected by AFI's highly
regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures
Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series
proof-of-concept , Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober
has was screened at its World Premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award
at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International
Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been screened across the
nation and was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best
Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona
International Film Festival. As an actor Milena has appeared 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). Conviction (2006), the Dick Wolf series, was
her second leading role. It led to her being awarded the Emmy for best female
detective on Law & Order (1990). She has also been featured or reprised
on a variety of other showslike K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010)
(CBS); Make It or Break It (2009) (ABC Family); and as Lori Stevens on the MTV
drama Finding Carter (2014). Milena also appeared in a number of films,
including Sordid Things (2008); A Novel Romance (2011) as a co-star with Steve
Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015). She also appeared
in a movie with Method Man. The native of Norman, Oklahoma, Milena was
valedictorian of her high school before completing her double major in vocal
performance and premed, with minors in violin and dance at the University of
Central Oklahoma, and also being valedictorian of her graduation. Then, she
capitalized on her ballet education to make an appearance on Broadway in the
production of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall of 'Cabaret' in Studio 54.
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