Milena Govich is an actor director,
musician, and actor. She has directed a number of episodes of TV and film,
including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena was the
Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently
attached for two pilots. Milena was one of the eight women chosen by AFI for
their most prestigious 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 called Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff
Kober, featured its World Premiere at SXSW and was awarded Best Episodic at
Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film
Festival. The short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has
been screened across the United States. It won the title of Best Narrative
Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The
Director's Choice Award was also given out at Sedona International Film
Festival. Milena has appeared in over 100 television series. 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), a Dick Wolf series, was her second main role. It
culminated in her being the Emmy-winning female detective in Law &
Order (1990). The actress has appeared on in a number of other shows, including
K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010) (CBS); Make It or Break It (2009)
(ABC Family) and also on the show Finding Carter 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) with Steve Guttenberg;
Pass the Light (2015) and #Lucky Number (2015). She also appeared in a movie
with Method Man. Milena is from Norman, Oklahoma native. When she was
valedictorian at her high school and then going further to get an undergraduate
degree in both vocal performance and premed with minors in violin and dance at
the University of Central Oklahoma. In the following years, Milena utilised her
classical ballet skills to take part on Broadway in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall
production "Cabaret" in Studio 54.
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