Janina Gavankar
Known for

Acting

Credits

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Gender

Woman

Birthday

Nov 29, 1980 (43)

Place of birth

Joliet, Illinois, USA

Also known as

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janina Gavankar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2023Heroes' FeastSelf
Echo
CortexSama
2024BorderlandsKnoxx
2022The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the WindowMeredith
2022Star Wars: Tales of the JediPav-ti (voice)
2021EncounterPiya
2020Never Have I EverAkshara
2020The Way BackAngela
2020Space ForceHannah Howard
2020Big SkyReenu 'Ren' Bhullar
2020The Mighty OnesKensington (voice)
2020The Mighty OnesMomn-E (voice)
2019The Morning ShowAlison Namazi
2019StuccoJ
2019Relics and RaritiesMumee
2018BlindspottingVal
2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallGina
2018The White OrchidTina
2018Straight from the Town: Making BlindspottingSelf
2017This Is Christmas
2017Norman Pinski Come HomeReporter
2016Pee-wee's Big HolidayParty Guest
2014Think Like a Man TooVanessa Martinez
2014The Mysteries of LauraMeredith Bose
2014Garfunkel and OatesDr. Sharma
2014FUTURESTATES: Code AcademyMadame Counselor
2013Sleepy HollowDiana Thomas
2013Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?Katia
2013Satellite of LoveMichelle
2013The Final Moments of Karl BrantDetective Hostetler
2012ArrowDetective McKenna Hall
2011The ExesKerry
2011The Custom MaryMs. Rime
2010The GatesLeigh Turner
2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space OdysseyNikki (voice)
2009The LeagueShiva
2009Three Rivers
2008True BloodLuna
2008Shattered!Maria
2005Grey's AnatomyIntern Lisa
2005Cup of My BloodIona
2004Stargate AtlantisSgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004The L WordEva "Papi" Torres
2004Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessField Reporter
2003NCISAngela Lopez
2003DarkKaya
2002BarbershopFine Woman
2000Girlfriends
2000Strong MedicineNurse Juni
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2019StuccoDirector
2019StuccoWriter
2019StuccoExecutive Producer