Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar

  • Birthday: 1980-11-29
  • Place of birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

Cup of My Blood

2005

As Iona

Satellite of Love

2013

As Michelle

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

2013

As Detective Hostetler

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016

As Party Guest

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

2014

As Madame Counselor

Think Like a Man Too

2014

As Vanessa Martinez

Shattered!

2008

As Maria

The White Orchid

2018

As Tina

Blindspotting

2018

As Val

The Way Back

2020

As Angela

Dark

2003

As Kaya

Stucco

2019

As J

The Custom Mary

2011

As Ms. Rime

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

2004

As Field Reporter

Barbershop

2002

As Fine Woman

Borderlands

2024

As Commander Knoxx

Encounter

2021

As Piya

Cortex

0000

As Sama

Norman Pinski Come Home

2017

As Reporter

Production

Stucco

2019

As Director

Stucco

2019

As Writer

Stucco

2019

As Executive Producer

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