Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 29, 1980
Place of Birth:
Joliet, Illinois, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Borderlands | Knoxx |
| 2021 | Encounter | Piya |
| 2020 | The Way Back | Angela |
| 2019 | Stucco | J |
| 2018 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Gina |
| 2018 | The White Orchid | Tina |
| 2018 | Blindspotting | Val |
| 2018 | Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting | Self |
| 2017 | Norman Pinski Come Home | Reporter |
| 2017 | This Is Christmas | |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Party Guest |
| 2015 | The History of Us | |
| 2014 | FUTURESTATES: Code Academy | Madame Counselor |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Vanessa Martinez |
| 2013 | Satellite of Love | Michelle |
| 2013 | Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? | Katia |
| 2013 | The Final Moments of Karl Brant | Detective Hostetler |
| 2011 | The Custom Mary | Ms. Rime |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Nikki (voice) |
| 2008 | Shattered! | Maria |
| 2005 | Cup of My Blood | Iona |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Field Reporter |
| 2003 | Dark | Kaya |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Fine Woman |
| Cortex | Sama |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Heroes' Feast | Self |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Meredith |
| 2022 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Pav-ti (voice) |
| 2020 | Never Have I Ever | Akshara |
| 2020 | The Mighty Ones | Kensington (voice) |
| 2020 | Big Sky | Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar |
| 2020 | The Mighty Ones | Momn-E (voice) |
| 2020 | Space Force | Hannah Howard |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Alison Namazi |
| 2019 | Relics and Rarities | Mumee |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura | Meredith Bose |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates | Dr. Sharma |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | Diana Thomas |
| 2012 | Arrow | Detective McKenna Hall |
| 2011 | The Exes | Kerry |
| 2010 | The Gates | Leigh Turner |
| 2009 | Three Rivers | |
| 2009 | The League | Shiva |
| 2008 | True Blood | Luna |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Intern Lisa |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis | Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra |
| 2004 | The L Word | Eva "Papi" Torres |
| 2003 | NCIS | Angela Lopez |
| 2000 | Girlfriends | |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Nurse Juni |
| Echo |