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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1980-11-29 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Joliet, Illinois, USA

Janina Gavankar

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

Acting

2024

Borderlands as Knoxx

2023

2022

2021

Encounter as Piya

2020

The Way Back as Angela
The Mighty Ones as Kensington (voice)
Big Sky as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
The Mighty Ones as Momn-E (voice)
Space Force as Hannah Howard

2019

Stucco as J
The Morning Show as Alison Namazi

2018

2017

2016

Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Party Guest

2014

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy as Madame Counselor
Think Like a Man Too as Vanessa Martinez
The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose
Garfunkel and Oates as Dr. Sharma

2013

Satellite of Love as Michelle
The Final Moments of Karl Brant as Detective Hostetler
Sleepy Hollow as Diana Thomas

2012

Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall

2011

The Custom Mary as Ms. Rime
The Exes as Kerry

2010

The Gates as Leigh Turner

2009

2008

Shattered! as Maria
True Blood as Luna

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Intern Lisa

2004

Stargate Atlantis as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
The L Word as Eva "Papi" Torres

2003

Dark as Kaya
NCIS as Angela Lopez

2002

Barbershop as Fine Woman

2000

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Cortex as Sama

Directing

2019

Stucco as Director

Writing

2019

Stucco as Writer

Production

2019

Stucco as Executive Producer