Janina Gavankar

Birthday: 1980-11-29
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
Cortex Sama
2024-08-07 Borderlands Knoxx
2021-12-03 Encounter Piya
2020-03-05 The Way Back Angela
2019-08-08 Stucco J
2018-07-20 Blindspotting Val
2018-03-02 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Gina
2018-02-01 The White Orchid Tina
2017-12-01 This Is Christmas
2017-09-02 Norman Pinski Come Home Reporter
2016-03-15 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Party Guest
2014-06-20 Think Like a Man Too Vanessa Martinez
2014-04-06 FUTURESTATES: Code Academy Madame Counselor
2013-07-19 Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? Katia
2013-07-18 The Final Moments of Karl Brant Detective Hostetler
2013-03-05 Satellite of Love Michelle
2011-08-15 The Custom Mary Ms. Rime
2010-09-17 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Nikki (voice)
2008-01-01 Shattered! Maria
2005-08-30 Cup of My Blood Iona
2004-01-20 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Field Reporter
2003-09-30 Dark Kaya
2002-04-01 Barbershop Fine Woman