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Janina Gavankar
Actor, Director, Writer
Born November 29, 1980 (41 years)
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1983) is an American actress and musician of mixed Indian and Dutch descent. Gavankar is also trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Gavankar's is known for her more notable roles as Papi, a promiscuous lesbian in The L Word, Leigh Turner, a cop with a big secret on "The Gates", and Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who comments about the user's searches. Gavankar has appeared in theatre, commercials, short films, independent films, as well as Barbershop and its sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business.
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Filmography
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (TV Series) · as Meredith |
| 2022 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (TV Series) · as Pav-ti |
| 2021 | Santa Inc. (TV Series) · as Lakshmi |
| 2021 | Encounter · as Piya |
| 2020 | The Way Back · as Angela |
| 2020 | Space Force (TV Series) · as Hannah Howard |
| 2020 | Big Sky (2020) (TV Series) · as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar |
| 2020 | Punching and Stealing · as Katie |
| 2020 | The Mighty Ones (TV Series) · as Kensington (voice) |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Alison Namazi |
| 2019 | Stucco · as J |
| 2019 | Relics And Rarities (TV Series) · as Mumée |
| 2018 | White Orchid · as Tina |
| 2018 | Blindspotting · as Val |
| 2017 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall · as Gina |
| 2017 | This Is Christmas · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday · as Party Guest |
| 2016 | Better Things (TV Series) · as Nikki |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too · as Vanessa Martinez |
| 2014 | You're the Worst (TV Series) · as Rachel |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) · as Meredith Bose |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates (TV Series) · as Dr. Sharma |
| 2013 | Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? · as Katia |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) · as Diana Thomas |
| 2013 | The Goodwin Games (TV Series) · as Hannah |
| 2012 | Arrow (TV Series) · as Detective McKenna Hall |
| 2011 | Traffic Light (US) (TV Series) · as Alexa |
| 2011 | The Exes (TV Series) · as Kerry |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey · as Niki |
| 2010 | The Gates (TV Series) · as Leigh Turner |
| 2009 | The League (TV Series) · as Shiva |
| 2009 | The Vampire Diaries (TV Series) · as Tessa |
| 2009 | Dollhouse (TV Series) · as Lynn |
| 2009 | Three Rivers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | The Cleaner (TV Series) · as Usha Patel |
| 2008 | True Blood (TV Series) · as Luna |
| 2008 | Factory (TV Series) · as Laura (2008) |
| 2006 | My Boys (TV Series) · as Terri |
| 2005 | Cup of My Blood · as Iona |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Intern Lisa |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business · as Field Reporter |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis (TV Series) · as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra |
| 2004 | The L Word (TV Series) · as Eva "Papi" Torres |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | Barbershop · as Fine Woman |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) · as Unknown |