Janina Gavankar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1980 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
Biography
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician of Indian and Dutch descent. 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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Filmography
Cortex
Movie · as Sama
Best of the Best
Movie · as Rekha
Borderlands
Movie · as Knoxx
Heroes' Feast
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Will Trent
TV · as Casey Mavery · 2 eps
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV · as Meredith · 2 eps
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
TV · as Pav-ti (voice) · 1 ep
Encounter
Movie · as Piya
The Way Back
Movie · as Angela
Never Have I Ever
TV · as Akshara · 2 eps
The Mighty Ones
TV · as Kensington (voice), Momn-E (voice) · 32 eps
Big Sky
TV · as Ren Bhullar · 18 eps
Space Force
TV · as Hannah Howard · 1 ep
Stucco
Movie · as J
The Morning Show
TV · as Alison Namazi · 15 eps
Relics and Rarities
TV · as Mumee · 2 eps
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Movie · as Gina
The White Orchid
Movie · as Tina
Blindspotting
Movie · as Val
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Movie · as Self
Norman Pinski Come Home
Movie · as Reporter
This Is Christmas
Movie
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie · as Party Guest
The History of Us
Movie · as Sabrina
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Movie · as Madame Counselor
Think Like a Man Too
Movie · as Vanessa Martinez
The Mysteries of Laura
TV · as Meredith Bose · 38 eps
Garfunkel and Oates
TV · as Dr. Sharma · 1 ep
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
TV · as Lea Sadina · 7 eps
You're the Worst
TV · as Rachel · 1 ep
Satellite of Love
Movie · as Michelle
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Movie · as Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Movie · as Detective Hostetler
Sleepy Hollow
TV · as Diana Thomas · 13 eps
The Goodwin Games
TV · as Hannah · 1 ep
Arrow
TV · as Detective McKenna Hall · 4 eps
The Custom Mary
Movie · as Ms. Rime
The Exes
TV · as Kerry · 1 ep
Traffic Light
TV · as Alexa · 3 eps
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie · as Nikki (voice)
The Gates
TV · as Leigh Turner · 13 eps
Three Rivers
TV · 1 ep
The League
TV · as Shiva · 21 eps
The Vampire Diaries
TV · as Tessa · 4 eps
Shattered!
Movie · as Maria
True Blood
TV · as Luna · 25 eps
Cup of My Blood
Movie · as Iona
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Intern Lisa · 2 eps
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie · as Field Reporter
Stargate Atlantis
TV · as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra · 1 ep
The L Word
TV · as Eva "Papi" Torres · 20 eps
Dark
Movie · as Kaya
NCIS
TV · as Angela Lopez · 1 ep
Barbershop
Movie · as Fine Woman
Girlfriends
TV · 1 ep
Strong Medicine
TV · as Nurse Juni · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Manjula (voice) · 1 ep