Janina Gavankar
Acting
- Born:
- 1980-11-29
- Place of birth:
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
Biography
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician of Indian and Dutch descent. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Best of the Best
Borderlands
Heroes' Feast
Will Trent
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Encounter
Big Sky
The Mighty Ones
Space Force
Never Have I Ever
The Way Back
The Morning Show
Stucco
Relics and Rarities
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Blindspotting
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
The White Orchid
This Is Christmas
Norman Pinski Come Home
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
The History of Us
The Mysteries of Laura
Garfunkel and Oates
You're the Worst
Think Like a Man Too
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Sleepy Hollow
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
The Goodwin Games
Satellite of Love
Arrow
The Exes
The Custom Mary
Traffic Light
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
The Gates
The League
Three Rivers
The Vampire Diaries
True Blood
Shattered!
Cup of My Blood
Grey's Anatomy
Stargate Atlantis
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
The L Word
Dark
NCIS
Barbershop
Girlfriends
Strong Medicine
Cortex