Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar

43 · Born: Nov 29, 1980

Personal Details

Official Socials
Born Nov 29, 1980 Joliet, Illinois, USA
Parents
  • Pete Gavankar
  • Shan-de-Mohra
Relatives
  • Niu Gavankar (Aunt or Uncle)

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janina Gavankar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2024
Borderlands
Borderlands as Commander Knoxx
2022
The Woman in the House
The Woman in the House as Meredith
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Tales of the Jedi
Tales of the Jedi as Pav-ti (voice)
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2021
Encounter
Encounter as Piya
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Big Sky
Big Sky as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
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The Mighty Ones
The Mighty Ones as Kensington (voice)
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2020
The Way Back
The Way Back as Angela
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Punching and Stealing
Punching and Stealing as Katie
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Space Force
Space Force as Hannah Howard
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2019
Stucco
Stucco as J
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The Morning Show
The Morning Show as Alison Namazi
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2018
Sidney Hall
Sidney Hall as Gina
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White Orchid
White Orchid as Tina
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Blindspotting
Blindspotting as Val
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2017
This Is Christmas
This Is Christmas
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Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow as Diana Thomas
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2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Garfunkel and Oates as Dr. Sharma
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The Mysteries of Laura
The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose
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2013
Satellite of Love
Satellite of Love as Michelle
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Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? as Katia
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The League
The League as Shiva
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2012
Arrow
Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall
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2011
The Custom Mary
The Custom Mary as Ms. Rime
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The Exes
The Exes as Kerry
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True Blood
True Blood as Luna
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2010
The Gates
The Gates as Leigh Turner
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2008
Shattered!
Shattered! as Maria
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Stargate: Atlantis
Stargate: Atlantis as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
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2007
The L Word
The L Word as Eva "Papi" Torres
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2005
Cup of My Blood
Cup of My Blood as Iona
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2003
Dark
Dark as Kaya
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2019
Stucco
Stucco as Director, Writer
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