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Janina Gavankar
Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn November 29, 1980 (44 years)
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.
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 | Ghee Happy (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2022 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (TV Series) · as Pav-Ti (voice) |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (TV Series) · as Meredith |
| 2021 | Encounter · as Piya |
| 2021 | Santa Inc. (TV Series) · as Lakshmi |
| 2020 | The Mighty Ones (TV Series) · as Kensington (voice) |
| 2020 | Big Sky (2020) (TV Series) · as Reenu 'ren' Bhullar |
| 2020 | Punching and Stealing · as Katie |
| 2020 | Space Force (TV Series) · as Hannah Howard |
| 2020 | Never Have I Ever (TV Series) · as Akshara |
| 2020 | The Way Back · as Angela |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Alison Namazi |
| 2019 | Stucco · as J |
| 2019 | Relics And Rarities (TV Series) · as Mumee |
| 2018 | Blindspotting · as Val |
| 2018 | White Orchid · as Tina |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall · as Gina |
| 2016 | Better Things (TV Series) · as Nikki |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday · as Party Guest |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura (US) (TV Series) · as Meredith Bose |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates (TV Series) · as Dr. Sharma |
| 2014 | You're the Worst (TV Series) · as Rachel |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too · as Vanessa Martinez |
| 2013 | Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files (TV Series) · as Lea Sadina |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) · as Diana Thomas |
| 2013 | Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? · as Katia |
| 2013 | The Goodwin Games (TV Series) · as Hannah |
| 2012 | Satellite of Love · as Michelle |
| 2012 | Arrow (TV Series) · as Detective Mckenna Hall |
| 2011 | The Exes (TV Series) · as Kerry |
| 2011 | Husbands (TV Series) · as Kajal |
| 2011 | Traffic Light (US) (TV Series) · as Alexa |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey · as Nikki (voice) |
| 2010 | The Gates (TV Series) · as Leigh Turner |
| 2009 | The League (TV Series) · as Shiva |
| 2009 | Three Rivers (TV Series) |
| 2009 | The Vampire Diaries (TV Series) · as Tessa |
| 2009 | Dollhouse (TV Series) · as Lynn |
| 2008 | True Blood (TV Series) · as Luna |
| 2008 | The Cleaner (TV Series) · as Usha Patel |
| 2008 | Factory (TV Series) · as Laura (2008) |
| 2008 | Shattered! · as Maria |
| 2006 | My Boys (TV Series) · as Terri |
| 2005 | Cup of My Blood · as Iona |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Intern Lisa |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis (TV Series) · as Sgt. 'dusty' Mehra |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business · as Field Reporter |
| 2004 | The L Word (TV Series) · as Eva "papi" Torres |
| 2003 | Dark · as Kaya |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Angela Lopez |
| 2002 | Barbershop · as Fine Woman |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Nurse Juni |