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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Cortex | Sama | |
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Best of the Best | ||
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2024-08-07 | Borderlands | Knoxx |
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2021-12-03 | Encounter | Piya |
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2020-03-05 | The Way Back | Angela |
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2019-08-08 | Stucco | J |
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2018-07-20 | Blindspotting | Val |
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2018-03-02 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Gina |
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2018-02-01 | The White Orchid | Tina |
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2017-12-01 | This Is Christmas | |
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2017-09-02 | Norman Pinski Come Home | Reporter |
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2016-03-15 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Party Guest |
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2015-05-20 | The History of Us | Sabrina |
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2014-06-20 | Think Like a Man Too | Vanessa Martinez |
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2014-04-06 | FUTURESTATES: Code Academy | Madame Counselor |
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2013-07-19 | Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? | Katia |
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2013-07-18 | The Final Moments of Karl Brant | Detective Hostetler |
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2013-03-05 | Satellite of Love | Michelle |
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2011-08-15 | The Custom Mary | Ms. Rime |
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2010-09-17 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Nikki (voice) |
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2008-01-01 | Shattered! | Maria |
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2005-08-30 | Cup of My Blood | Iona |
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2004-01-20 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Field Reporter |
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2003-09-30 | Dark | Kaya |
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2002-04-01 | Barbershop | Fine Woman |