
Janina Gavankar
Biography
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. Gavankar is trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gavankar's roles include a police officer on The Gates; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who commented on the user's searches; Shiva, the namesake of the sought-after trophy on The League; shapeshifter Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood; McKenna Hall on The CW's Arrow; and Meredith Bose on NBC's The Mysteries of Laura. She also played Diana Thomas on Fox's supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Borderlands as Knoxx
2023Heroes' Feast as Self
2022Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Pav-ti (voice)
2022The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as Meredith
2021Encounter as Piya
2020Big Sky as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
2020The Mighty Ones as Kensington (voice)
2020The Mighty Ones as Momn-E (voice)
2020Space Force as Hannah Howard
2020Never Have I Ever as Akshara
2020The Way Back as Angela
2019The Morning Show as Alison Namazi
2019Stucco as J
2019Relics and Rarities as Mumee
2018Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting as Self
2018Blindspotting as Val
2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Gina
2018The White Orchid as Tina
2017This Is Christmas
2017Norman Pinski Come Home as Reporter
2016Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Party Guest
2015The History of Us as Sabrina
2014The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose
2014Garfunkel and Oates as Dr. Sharma
2014Think Like a Man Too as Vanessa Martinez
2014FUTURESTATES: Code Academy as Madame Counselor
2014Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files as Lea Sadina
2013Sleepy Hollow as Diana Thomas
2013Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? as Katia
2013The Final Moments of Karl Brant as Detective Hostetler
2013Satellite of Love as Michelle
2012Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall
2011The Exes as Kerry
2011The Custom Mary as Ms. Rime
2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Nikki (voice)
2010The Gates as Leigh Turner
2009The League as Shiva
2009Three Rivers
2008True Blood as Luna
2008Shattered! as Maria
2005Cup of My Blood as Iona
2005Grey's Anatomy as Intern Lisa
2004Stargate Atlantis as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Field Reporter
2004The L Word as Eva "Papi" Torres
2003Dark as Kaya
2003NCIS as Angela Lopez
2002Barbershop as Fine Woman
2000Girlfriends
2000Strong Medicine as Nurse Juni
—Cortex as Sama
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