Janina Gavankar
November 29, 1980 (45 years old) in Joliet, Illinois, USA
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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Credits
- 2026 · Best of the Best as Rekha
- 2024 · Borderlands as Knoxx
- 2023 · Heroes' Feast as Self
- 2023 · Will Trent as Casey Mavery
- 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 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 Sabrina
- 2014 · The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose
- 2014 · Garfunkel and Oates as Dr. Sharma
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Rachel
- 2014 · Think Like a Man Too as Vanessa Martinez
- 2014 · FUTURESTATES: Code Academy as Madame Counselor
- 2014 · Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files as Lea Sadina
- 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 · The Goodwin Games as Hannah
- 2013 · Satellite of Love as Michelle
- 2012 · Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall
- 2011 · The Exes as Kerry
- 2011 · The Custom Mary as Ms. Rime
- 2011 · Traffic Light as Alexa
- 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
- 2009 · The Vampire Diaries as Tessa
- 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