Janina Gavankar

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1980-11-29

Place of Birth

Joliet, Illinois, USA

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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Acting History

2024
Borderlands as Knoxx
2023
Heroes' Feast as Self
2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Pav-ti (voice)
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as Meredith
2021
Encounter as Piya
2020
Big Sky as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
2020
The Mighty Ones as Kensington (voice)
2020
The Mighty Ones as Momn-E (voice)
2020
Space Force as Hannah Howard
2020
Never Have I Ever as Akshara
2020
The Way Back as Angela
2019
The Morning Show as Alison Namazi
2019
Stucco as J
2019
Relics and Rarities as Mumee
2018
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting as Self
2018
Blindspotting as Val
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Gina
2018
The White Orchid as Tina
2017
This Is Christmas
2017
Norman Pinski Come Home as Reporter
2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Party Guest
2015
The History of Us as Sabrina
2014
The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose
2014
Garfunkel and Oates as Dr. Sharma
2014
Think Like a Man Too as Vanessa Martinez
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy as Madame Counselor
2014
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files as Lea Sadina
2013
Sleepy Hollow as Diana Thomas
2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? as Katia
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant as Detective Hostetler
2013
Satellite of Love as Michelle
2012
Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall
2011
The Exes as Kerry
2011
The Custom Mary as Ms. Rime
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Nikki (voice)
2010
The Gates as Leigh Turner
2009
The League as Shiva
2009
Three Rivers
2008
True Blood as Luna
2008
Shattered! as Maria
2005
Cup of My Blood as Iona
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Intern Lisa
2004
Stargate Atlantis as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Field Reporter
2004
The L Word as Eva "Papi" Torres
2003
Dark as Kaya
2003
NCIS as Angela Lopez
2002
Barbershop as Fine Woman
2000
Girlfriends
2000
Strong Medicine as Nurse Juni
Cortex as Sama
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