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Janina Gavankar

Acting 45 years old Joliet, Illinois, USA ★ 1.5
Born: November 29, 1980

Biography

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.

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Known For

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy Intern Lisa 2005
Arrow
Arrow Detective McKenna Hall 2012
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries Tessa 2009
Will Trent
Will Trent Casey Mavery 2023
True Blood
True Blood Luna 2008

Filmography

Acting Credits (55)

Best of the Best
Best of the Best 2026
Borderlands
Borderlands Knoxx 2024
Heroes' Feast
Heroes' Feast Self 2023
Will Trent
Will Trent Casey Mavery 2023
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Pav-ti (voice) 2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Meredith 2022
Encounter
Encounter Piya 2021
Big Sky
Big Sky Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar 2020
The Mighty Ones
The Mighty Ones Kensington (voice) 2020
The Mighty Ones
The Mighty Ones Momn-E (voice) 2020
Space Force
Space Force Hannah Howard 2020
Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever Akshara 2020
The Way Back
The Way Back Angela 2020
The Morning Show
The Morning Show Alison Namazi 2019
Stucco
Stucco J 2019
Relics and Rarities
Relics and Rarities Mumee 2019
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting Self 2018
Blindspotting
Blindspotting Val 2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Gina 2018
The White Orchid
The White Orchid Tina 2018
This Is Christmas
This Is Christmas 2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
Norman Pinski Come Home Reporter 2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Pee-wee's Big Holiday Party Guest 2016
The History of Us
The History of Us Sabrina 2015
The Mysteries of Laura
The Mysteries of Laura Meredith Bose 2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Garfunkel and Oates Dr. Sharma 2014
Think Like a Man Too
Think Like a Man Too Vanessa Martinez 2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy Madame Counselor 2014
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files Lea Sadina 2014
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow Diana Thomas 2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? Katia 2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
The Final Moments of Karl Brant Detective Hostetler 2013
Satellite of Love
Satellite of Love Michelle 2013
Arrow
Arrow Detective McKenna Hall 2012
The Exes
The Exes Kerry 2011
The Custom Mary
The Custom Mary Ms. Rime 2011
Traffic Light
Traffic Light Alexa 2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Nikki (voice) 2010
The Gates
The Gates Leigh Turner 2010
The League
The League Shiva 2009
Three Rivers
Three Rivers 2009
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries Tessa 2009
True Blood
True Blood Luna 2008
Shattered!
Shattered! Maria 2008
Cup of My Blood
Cup of My Blood Iona 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy Intern Lisa 2005
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra 2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Barbershop 2: Back in Business Field Reporter 2004
The L Word
The L Word Eva "Papi" Torres 2004
Dark
Dark Kaya 2003
NCIS
NCIS Angela Lopez 2003
Barbershop
Barbershop Fine Woman 2002
Girlfriends
Girlfriends 2000
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine Nurse Juni 2000
Cortex
Cortex Sama

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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