Janina Gavankar
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Norman Pinski Come Home
as Reporter
2017
Encounter
as Piya
2021
Cup of My Blood
as Iona
2005
Satellite of Love
as Michelle
2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
as Katia
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
as Detective Hostetler
2013
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Nikki (voice)
2010
Cortex
as Sama
TBA
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Party Guest
2016
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
as Madame Counselor
2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Vanessa Martinez
2014
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Gina
2018
Shattered!
as Maria
2008
The White Orchid
as Tina
2018
Blindspotting
as Val
2018
The Way Back
as Angela
2020
This Is Christmas
2017
Dark
as Kaya
2003
Stucco
as J
2019
The Custom Mary
as Ms. Rime
2011
TV Appearances
Stargate Atlantis
as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004
Girlfriends
2000
NCIS
as Angela Lopez
2003
Strong Medicine
as Nurse Juni
2000
Three Rivers
2009
The League
as Shiva
2009
The Gates
as Leigh Turner
2010
The Mysteries of Laura
as Meredith Bose
2014
True Blood
as Luna
2008
Arrow
as Detective McKenna Hall
2012
Never Have I Ever
as Akshara
2020
The L Word
as Eva "Papi" Torres
2004