- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1980
- Place of Birth
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
Janina Gavankar
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
Best of the Best
movieBest of the Best
2026
movieBorderlands
2024 · Knoxx
tvHeroes' Feast
2023 · Self
tvWill Trent
2023 · Casey Mavery
tvStar Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022 · Pav-ti (voice)
tvThe Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022 · Meredith
movieEncounter
2021 · Piya
tvBig Sky
2020 · Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
tvThe Mighty Ones
2020 · Kensington (voice), Momn-E (voice)
tvSpace Force
2020 · Hannah Howard
tvNever Have I Ever
2020 · Akshara
movieThe Way Back
2020 · Angela
tvThe Morning Show
2019 · Alison Namazi
movieStucco
2019 · J, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
tvRelics and Rarities
2019 · Mumee
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
movieStraight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018 · Self
movieBlindspotting
2018 · Val
movieThe Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Gina
movieThe White Orchid
2018 · Tina
movieThis Is Christmas
2017
movieNorman Pinski Come Home
2017 · Reporter
moviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Party Guest
The History of Us
movieThe History of Us
2015 · Sabrina
tvThe Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Meredith Bose
tvGarfunkel and Oates
2014 · Dr. Sharma
movieThink Like a Man Too
2014 · Vanessa Martinez
movieFUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014 · Madame Counselor
tvNikki & Nora: The N&N Files
2014 · Lea Sadina
tvSleepy Hollow
2013 · Diana Thomas
movieWho's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013 · Katia
movieThe Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013 · Detective Hostetler
movieSatellite of Love
2013 · Michelle
tvArrow
2012 · Detective McKenna Hall
tvThe Exes
2011 · Kerry
movieThe Custom Mary
2011 · Ms. Rime
tvTraffic Light
2011 · Alexa
movieQuantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · Nikki (voice)
tvThe Gates
2010 · Leigh Turner
tvThe League
2009 · Shiva
tvThree Rivers
2009
tvThe Vampire Diaries
2009 · Tessa
tvTrue Blood
2008 · Luna
movieShattered!
2008 · Maria
movieCup of My Blood
2005 · Iona
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005 · Intern Lisa
tvStargate Atlantis
2004 · Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
movieBarbershop 2: Back in Business
2004 · Field Reporter
tvThe L Word
2004 · Eva "Papi" Torres
movieDark
2003 · Kaya
tvNCIS
2003 · Angela Lopez
movieBarbershop
2002 · Fine Woman
tvGirlfriends
2000
tvStrong Medicine
2000 · Nurse Juni
Cortex
movieCortex
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