Janina Gavankar
Acting Born Nov 29, 1980 Joliet, Illinois, USA 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Intern Lisa
- NCIS (2003) as Angela Lopez
- Arrow (2012) as Detective McKenna Hall
- The Vampire Diaries (2009) as Tessa
- True Blood (2008) as Luna
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Nurse Juni
- Stargate Atlantis (2004) as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
- Will Trent (2023) as Casey Mavery
- Big Sky (2020) as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
- Sleepy Hollow (2013) as Diana Thomas
- Never Have I Ever (2020) as Akshara
- The L Word (2004) as Eva "Papi" Torres
- The Morning Show (2019) as Alison Namazi
- Girlfriends (2000)
- The League (2009) as Shiva
- Space Force (2020) as Hannah Howard
- The Mysteries of Laura (2014) as Meredith Bose
- The Mighty Ones (2020) as Kensington (voice)
- The Mighty Ones (2020) as Momn-E (voice)
- The Exes (2011) as Kerry
- Borderlands (2024) as Knoxx
- Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022) as Pav-ti (voice)
- Three Rivers (2009)
- The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022) as Meredith