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Janina Gavankar
Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar

ActingBorn November 29, 1980 (age 45)Joliet, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

2024
Borderlands

as Knoxx

Movie
2023TV
2023
Will Trent

as Casey Mavery

TV
2022TV
2021
Encounter

as Piya

Movie
2020
Big Sky

as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar

TV
2020
The Mighty Ones

as Kensington (voice)

TV
2020
The Mighty Ones

as Momn-E (voice)

TV
2020
Space Force

as Hannah Howard

TV
2020TV
2020
The Way Back

as Angela

Movie
2019
The Morning Show

as Alison Namazi

TV
2019
Stucco

as J

Movie
2019TV
2018Movie
2018Movie
2017Movie
2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday

as Party Guest

Movie
2015Movie
2014
The Mysteries of Laura

as Meredith Bose

TV
2014
Garfunkel and Oates

as Dr. Sharma

TV
2014
Think Like a Man Too

as Vanessa Martinez

Movie
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

as Madame Counselor

Movie
2014TV
2013
Sleepy Hollow

as Diana Thomas

TV
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant

as Detective Hostetler

Movie
2013Movie
2012
Arrow

as Detective McKenna Hall

TV
2011
The Exes

as Kerry

TV
2011
The Custom Mary

as Ms. Rime

Movie
2011TV
2010
The Gates

as Leigh Turner

TV
2009
The League

as Shiva

TV
2009TV
2008
True Blood

as Luna

TV
2008
Shattered!

as Maria

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Intern Lisa

TV
2004
Stargate Atlantis

as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra

TV
2004Movie
2004
The L Word

as Eva "Papi" Torres

TV
2003
Dark

as Kaya

Movie
2003
NCIS

as Angela Lopez

TV
2002
Barbershop

as Fine Woman

Movie
2000
Strong Medicine

as Nurse Juni

TV
Cortex

as Sama

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 29, 1980
Place of BirthJoliet, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.3