Milena Govich

Milena Govich is a writer, director actress, musician, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. She also served as the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently directing two pilots in development. Milena was one of the eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Her short film and TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable, starring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) is screened across the country and was awarded 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. As an actor Milena has been featured in more than 100 shows 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). She also appeared on the Dick Wolf series Conviction (2006) and was the catalyst for her role as the very first and the only female detective on the Emmy-winning series Law & Order (1990). She has also been featured in a number of other shows: K-Ville (2007) (Fox); The Defenders (2010) (CBS); Make It or Break It (2009) (ABC Family) and also for the role of Lori Stevens on the MTV drama Finding Carter (2014). Milena is also a part of many films, such as Sordid Things (2009); A Novel Romance (2011) which starred alongside Steve Guttenberg; Pass the Light (2015) The #Lucky Number (2015) with the lead alongside Method Man; and the features Closure (2018), Be the Light (2020), and The Cleaner (2021). A native of Norman, Oklahoma, Milena was valedictorian of her high school, and then enrolled in an undergraduate degree in both vocal performance and premed, with minors in violin and dance at the University of Central Oklahoma, also graduating valedictorian. Soon after she made the most of her classical ballet background to make an appearance on Broadway in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production of 'Cabaret' in Studio 54.