Janina Gavankar
Acting
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.
TV Shows(28)
Heroes' Feast
Self
2023
Will Trent
Casey Mavery
2023
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
2022
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
2020
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
2020
Space Force
Hannah Howard
2020
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
2020
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
2019
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
2019
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
2014
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina
2014
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
2013
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
2012
The Exes
Kerry
2011
Traffic Light
Alexa
2011
The Gates
Leigh Turner
2010
The League
Shiva
2009
Three Rivers
2009
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
2009
True Blood
Luna
2008
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
2005
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
2004
NCIS
Angela Lopez
2003
Girlfriends
2000
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
2000
Movies(26)
Borderlands
Knoxx
2024
Encounter
Piya
2021
The Way Back
Angela
2020
Stucco
J
2019
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
2018
Blindspotting
Val
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
2018
The White Orchid
Tina
2018
This Is Christmas
2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
2016
The History of Us
Sabrina
2015
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
2014
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
2013
Satellite of Love
Michelle
2013
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
2010
Shattered!
Maria
2008
Cup of My Blood
Iona
2005
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
2004
Dark
Kaya
2003
Barbershop
Fine Woman
2002
Cortex
Sama
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