Janina Gavankar
Acting
Born: November 29, 1980 (age 45) · Joliet, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Vampire Diaries
2009
Arrow
2012
NCIS
2003
True Blood
2008
Never Have I Ever
2020
Borderlands
2024
The Way Back
2020
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Sleepy Hollow
2013
The Morning Show
2019
The L Word
2004
Photos (2)
Movies (22)
Borderlands
Knoxx
The Way Back
Angela
Barbershop
Fine Woman
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
Encounter
Piya
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
Blindspotting
Val
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
Stucco
J
The White Orchid
Tina
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
Cup of My Blood
Iona
Shattered!
Maria
Dark
Kaya
Satellite of Love
Michelle
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
This Is Christmas
2017
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
TV Shows (28)
NCIS
Angela Lopez · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa · 2 eps
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall · 4 eps
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa · 4 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra · 1 eps
True Blood
Luna · 25 eps
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni · 1 eps
Will Trent
Casey Mavery · 2 eps
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi · 15 eps
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar · 18 eps
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas · 13 eps
Never Have I Ever
Akshara · 2 eps
Girlfriends
1 eps
The League
Shiva · 21 eps
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres · 20 eps
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose · 38 eps
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice) · 32 eps
The Mighty Ones
Momn-E (voice) · 2 eps
Space Force
Hannah Howard · 1 eps
The Exes
Kerry · 1 eps
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice) · 1 eps
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith · 2 eps
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma · 1 eps
The Gates
Leigh Turner · 13 eps
Traffic Light
Alexa · 3 eps
Three Rivers
1 eps
Relics and Rarities
Mumee · 2 eps
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina · 7 eps
