Janina Gavankar
Acting • Born 1980-11-29
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
53 credits
Norman Pinski Come Home
Movie • 2017
Reporter
Encounter
Movie • 2021
Piya
Cup of My Blood
Movie • 2005
Iona
Satellite of Love
Movie • 2013
Michelle
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Movie • 2013
Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Movie • 2013
Detective Hostetler
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie • 2010
Nikki (voice)
Cortex
Movie
Sama
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie • 2016
Party Guest
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Movie • 2014
Madame Counselor
Think Like a Man Too
Movie • 2014
Vanessa Martinez
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Movie • 2018
Gina
Shattered!
Movie • 2008
Maria
The White Orchid
Movie • 2018
Tina
Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Val
The Way Back
Movie • 2020
Angela
This Is Christmas
Movie • 2017
Dark
Movie • 2003
Kaya
Stucco
Movie • 2019
J
The Custom Mary
Movie • 2011
Ms. Rime
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Self
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie • 2004
Field Reporter
Barbershop
Movie • 2002
Fine Woman
Borderlands
Movie • 2024
Knoxx
The History of Us
Movie • 2015
Sabrina
Best of the Best
Movie
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
Girlfriends
TV • 2000
NCIS
TV • 2003
Angela Lopez
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Nurse Juni
Three Rivers
TV • 2009
The League
TV • 2009
Shiva
The Gates
TV • 2010
Leigh Turner
The Mysteries of Laura
TV • 2014
Meredith Bose
True Blood
TV • 2008
Luna
Arrow
TV • 2012
Detective McKenna Hall
Never Have I Ever
TV • 2020
Akshara
The L Word
TV • 2004
Eva "Papi" Torres
Sleepy Hollow
TV • 2013
Diana Thomas
The Mighty Ones
TV • 2020
Kensington (voice)
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV • 2022
Meredith
Big Sky
TV • 2020
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
Heroes' Feast
TV • 2023
Self
The Mighty Ones
TV • 2020
Momn-E (voice)
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
TV • 2022
Pav-ti (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Intern Lisa
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Alison Namazi
Relics and Rarities
TV • 2019
Mumee
Space Force
TV • 2020
Hannah Howard
The Exes
TV • 2011
Kerry
Garfunkel and Oates
TV • 2014
Dr. Sharma
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
TV • 2014
Lea Sadina
The Vampire Diaries
TV • 2009
Tessa