Actor profile

Janina Gavankar

29th November 1980 Joliet, Illinois, USA 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.

22 Movies 29 TV Shows 55 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Borderlands poster

Borderlands 7th August 2024 as Knoxx

Encounter poster

Encounter 3rd December 2021 as Piya

The Way Back poster

The Way Back 5th March 2020 as Angela

Stucco poster

Stucco 8th August 2019 as J

Blindspotting poster

Blindspotting 20th July 2018 as Val

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall poster

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2nd March 2018 as Gina

The White Orchid poster

The White Orchid 1st February 2018 as Tina

This Is Christmas poster

This Is Christmas 1st December 2017

Norman Pinski Come Home poster

Norman Pinski Come Home 2nd September 2017 as Reporter

Pee-wee's Big Holiday poster

Pee-wee's Big Holiday 17th March 2016 as Party Guest

Think Like a Man Too poster

Think Like a Man Too 20th June 2014 as Vanessa Martinez

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy poster

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy 6th April 2014 as Madame Counselor

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? poster

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? 19th July 2013 as Katia

The Final Moments of Karl Brant poster

The Final Moments of Karl Brant 18th July 2013 as Detective Hostetler

Satellite of Love poster

Satellite of Love 5th March 2013 as Michelle

The Custom Mary poster

The Custom Mary 15th August 2011 as Ms. Rime

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey poster

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 17th September 2010 as Nikki (voice)

Shattered! poster

Shattered! 1st January 2008 as Maria

Cup of My Blood poster

Cup of My Blood 30th August 2005 as Iona

Barbershop 2: Back in Business poster

Barbershop 2: Back in Business 20th January 2004 as Field Reporter

Dark poster

Dark 30th September 2003 as Kaya

Barbershop poster

Barbershop 1st April 2002 as Fine Woman

Heroes' Feast poster

Heroes' Feast 13th November 2023 as Self

Will Trent poster

Will Trent 3rd January 2023 as Casey Mavery

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi poster

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi 26th October 2022 as Pav-ti (voice)

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window poster

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window 28th January 2022 as Meredith

Big Sky poster

Big Sky 17th November 2020 as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar

The Mighty Ones poster

The Mighty Ones 9th November 2020 as Kensington (voice)

The Mighty Ones poster

The Mighty Ones 9th November 2020 as Momn-E (voice)

Space Force poster

Space Force 29th May 2020 as Hannah Howard

Never Have I Ever poster

Never Have I Ever 27th April 2020 as Akshara

The Morning Show poster

The Morning Show 1st November 2019 as Alison Namazi

Relics and Rarities poster

Relics and Rarities 7th February 2019 as Mumee

The Mysteries of Laura poster

The Mysteries of Laura 17th September 2014 as Meredith Bose

Garfunkel and Oates poster

Garfunkel and Oates 7th August 2014 as Dr. Sharma

Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files poster

Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files 19th January 2014 as Lea Sadina

Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow 16th September 2013 as Diana Thomas

Arrow 10th October 2012 as Detective McKenna Hall

The Exes poster

The Exes 30th November 2011 as Kerry

Traffic Light poster

Traffic Light 8th February 2011 as Alexa

The Gates poster

The Gates 20th June 2010 as Leigh Turner

The League poster

The League 29th October 2009 as Shiva

Three Rivers poster

Three Rivers 4th October 2009

The Vampire Diaries poster

The Vampire Diaries 10th September 2009 as Tessa

True Blood poster

True Blood 7th September 2008 as Luna

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as Intern Lisa

Stargate Atlantis poster

Stargate Atlantis 15th July 2004 as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra

The L Word poster

The L Word 18th January 2004 as Eva "Papi" Torres

NCIS poster

NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Angela Lopez

Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends 11th September 2000

Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine 23rd July 2000 as Nurse Juni