Janina Gavankar
Known for ActingBorn 1980-11-29Joliet, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for
Borderlands
2024 · as Knoxx
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · as Vanessa Martinez
Barbershop
2002 · as Fine Woman
The Way Back
2020 · as Angela
Blindspotting
2018 · as Val
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004 · as Field Reporter
The White Orchid
2018 · as Tina
Encounter
2021 · as Piya
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · as Gina
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · as Party Guest
The History of Us
2015 · as Sabrina
Shattered!
2008 · as Maria
This Is Christmas
2017
Stucco
2019 · as J
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · as Nikki (voice)
Dark
2003 · as Kaya
Norman Pinski Come Home
2017 · as Reporter
Cup of My Blood
2005 · as Iona