Milena Govich Biography

Fast Facts

• She played the first female "Law & Order" detective in the history of the show
• Graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with degrees in Performance and Pre-Med
• Her first role after graduation was in the touring cast of "Cabaret," which she later joined the Broadway cast of as an understudy
• Quote: "Most of my work centers around imagining my character's relationships with all of the other characters in the play․ I find that if I have a strong point of view about everyone I encounter in the script, things start to pop․"
• Quote: "(On becoming an actor): "I don't think the passionate pursuit of anything is ever a waste․ Even if you never book a professional job, we all learn so much about ourselves through the journey․ And who knows where those lessons might take you․""
• Best known for her role as Detective Nina Cassady in "Law & Order" and as Jenny Sparks in "A Novel Romance․"
• Got her role on "Law & Order" after working with producer Dick Wolf on another show, "Conviction," which was cancelled after one season but proved her worth as an actor
• To prepare for her role in "Law & Order," she took tai chi, firearms training, and received private training in firing a gun from her police officer relatives in Oklahoma