Janina Gavankar
November 29, 1980 (44 years old) in Joliet, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 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 as
- 2017 · Norman Pinski Come Home as Reporter
- 2016 · Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Party Guest
- 2015 · The History of Us as
- 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
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Nurse Juni
- Future · Cortex as Sama
- Future · Echo as