Acting
Janina Gavankar
Also Known As: جانینا گاوانکار, Janina Zione Gavankar
Birth Date
November 29, 1980
(45 years old)
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
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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.
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Angela Lopez
2003 • 1 episode
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
2005 • 2 episodes
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
2012 • 4 episodes
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
2009 • 4 episodes
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004 • 1 episode
True Blood
Luna
2008 • 25 episodes
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
2000 • 1 episode
Will Trent
Casey Mavery
2023 • 2 episodes
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
2019 • 15 episodes
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
2020 • 18 episodes
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
2013 • 13 episodes
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
2020 • 2 episodes
Girlfriends
2000 • 1 episode
The League
Shiva
2009 • 21 episodes
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
2004 • 20 episodes
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
2014 • 38 episodes
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
2020 • 32 episodes
Space Force
Hannah Howard
2020 • 1 episode
The Exes
Kerry
2011 • 1 episode
Borderlands
Knoxx
2024