Janina Gavankar
25 movies · 28 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 29, 1980 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- جانینا گاوانکار · Janina Zione Gavankar
Biography
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician of Indian and Dutch descent. 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
Janina Gavankar: movies and TV shows
Acting (53)
- Upcoming Cortex
as Sama
- 2026 Best of the Best
as Rekha
- 2024 Borderlands
as Knoxx
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Encounter
as Piya
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 The Way Back
as Angela
- 2019
- 2019 Stucco
as J
- 2018 Blindspotting
as Val
- 2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Gina
- 2018 The White Orchid
as Tina
- 2017
- 2017 Norman Pinski Come Home
as Reporter
- 2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Party Guest
- 2015 The History of Us
as Sabrina
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Think Like a Man Too
as Vanessa Martinez
- 2014 FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
as Madame Counselor
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013 Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
as Katia
- 2013 The Final Moments of Karl Brant
as Detective Hostetler
- 2013
- 2013 Satellite of Love
as Michelle
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011 The Custom Mary
as Ms. Rime
- 2011
- 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Nikki (voice)
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008 Shattered!
as Maria
- 2005 Cup of My Blood
as Iona
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Field Reporter
- 2004
- 2003 Dark
as Kaya
- 2003
- 2002 Barbershop
as Fine Woman
- 2000
- 2000
Behind the camera (1)
- 2019 Stucco
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2023 Heroes' Feast
1 episode
- 2019 Relics and Rarities
2 episodes
- 2018