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.
Born: November 29, 1980 · Joliet, Illinois, USA
Filmography (39)
Borderlands
2024
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
Encounter
2021
Big Sky
2020
The Mighty Ones
2020
Space Force
2020
Never Have I Ever
2020
The Way Back
2020
The Morning Show
2019
Stucco
2019
Blindspotting
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
The White Orchid
2018
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
Think Like a Man Too
2014
Sleepy Hollow
2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013
Satellite of Love
2013
Arrow
2012
The Exes
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
The Gates
2010
The League
2009
Three Rivers
2009
The Vampire Diaries
2009
True Blood
2008
Cup of My Blood
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
The L Word
2004
NCIS
2003
Barbershop
2002
Girlfriends
2000
Strong Medicine
2000