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