Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 29, 1980
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Credits
54 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Best of the Best
Borderlands
Knoxx
Heroes' Feast
Self
Will Trent
Casey Mavery
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
Encounter
Piya
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
Space Force
Hannah Howard
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
The Way Back
Angela
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
Stucco
J
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
Blindspotting
Val
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
The White Orchid
Tina
This Is Christmas
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
The History of Us
Sabrina
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
Satellite of Love
Michelle
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
The Exes
Kerry
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
Traffic Light
Alexa
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
The Gates
Leigh Turner
The League
Shiva
Three Rivers
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
True Blood
Luna
Shattered!
Maria
Cup of My Blood
Iona
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
Dark
Kaya
NCIS
Angela Lopez