Janina Gavankar
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting54
movieBorderlands
2024
Knoxx
tvWill Trent
2023
Casey Mavery
tvStar Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
Pav-ti (voice)
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
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018
Self
movieNorman Pinski Come Home
2017
Reporter
moviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
Party Guest
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
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
tvTrue Blood
2008
Luna
movieShattered!
2008
Maria
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
tvStrong Medicine
2000
Nurse Juni
Directing1
movieStucco
2019
Director
Production1
movieStucco
2019
Executive Producer
Writing1
movieStucco
2019
Writer