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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 29, 1980
Age
45 years old
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Popularity Score
2.0
Filmography
Best of the Best
2026Movie
Borderlands
Knoxx
2024Movie
Heroes' Feast
Self
2023TV
Will Trent
Casey Mavery
2023TV
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
2022TV
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
2022TV
Encounter
Piya
2021Movie
The Way Back
Angela
2020Movie
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
2020TV
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
2020TV
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
2020TV
Space Force
Hannah Howard
2020TV
Stucco
J
2019Movie
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
2019TV
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
2019TV
Stucco
Director
2019Movie
Stucco
Executive Producer
2019Movie
Stucco
Writer
2019Movie
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
2018Movie
The White Orchid
Tina
2018Movie
Blindspotting
Val
2018Movie
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
2018Movie
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
2017Movie
This Is Christmas
2017Movie
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
2016Movie
The History of Us
Sabrina
2015Movie
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
2014Movie
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
2014Movie
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
2014TV
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
2014TV
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina
2014TV
Satellite of Love
Michelle
2013Movie
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
2013Movie
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
2013Movie
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
2013TV
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
2012TV
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
2011Movie
The Exes
Kerry
2011TV
Traffic Light
Alexa
2011TV
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
2010Movie
The Gates
Leigh Turner
2010TV
Three Rivers
2009TV
The League
Shiva
2009TV
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
2009TV
Shattered!
Maria
2008Movie
True Blood
Luna
2008TV
Cup of My Blood
Iona
2005Movie
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
2005TV
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
2004Movie
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004TV
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
2004TV
Dark
Kaya
2003Movie
NCIS
Angela Lopez
2003TV
Barbershop
Fine Woman
2002Movie
Girlfriends
2000TV
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
2000TV
Cortex
Sama
—Movie