Janina Gavankar
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician of Indian and Dutch descent. 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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Borderlands
as Knoxx
Heroes' Feast
as Self
Will Trent
as Casey Mavery
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
as Pav-ti (voice)
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
as Meredith
Encounter
as Piya
Big Sky
as Ren Bhullar
The Mighty Ones
as Kensington (voice)
The Mighty Ones
as Momn-E (voice)
Space Force
as Hannah Howard
Never Have I Ever
as Akshara
The Way Back
as Angela
The Morning Show
as Alison Namazi
Stucco
as J
Relics and Rarities
as Mumee
Blindspotting
as Val
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Gina
The White Orchid
as Tina
This Is Christmas
as Unknown
Norman Pinski Come Home
as Reporter
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Party Guest
The Mysteries of Laura
as Meredith Bose
Garfunkel and Oates
as Dr. Sharma
You're the Worst
as Rachel
Think Like a Man Too
as Vanessa Martinez
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
as Madame Counselor
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
as Lea Sadina
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
as Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
as Detective Hostetler
The Goodwin Games
as Hannah
Satellite of Love
as Michelle
The Exes
as Kerry
The Custom Mary
as Ms. Rime
Traffic Light
as Alexa
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Nikki (voice)
The Gates
as Leigh Turner
The League
as Shiva
Three Rivers
as Unknown
True Blood
as Luna
Shattered!
as Maria
Cup of My Blood
as Iona
Grey's Anatomy
as Intern Lisa
Stargate Atlantis
as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Field Reporter
The L Word
as Eva "Papi" Torres
NCIS
as Angela Lopez
Barbershop
as Fine Woman
Girlfriends
as Unknown
Strong Medicine
as Nurse Juni