Janina Gavankar
Born in Joliet, Illinois, USA — Nov 29 1980
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 NB…
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Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
NCIS
Angela Lopez
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
Will Trent
Casey
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
True Blood
Luna
Girlfriends
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
The League
Shiva
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
The Exes
Kerry
Space Force
Hannah Howard
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
The Gates
Leigh Turner
Three Rivers
Borderlands
Knoxx
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
Heroes' Feast
Self
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
The Way Back
Angela
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
Blindspotting
Val
Encounter
Piya
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
Barbershop
Fine Woman
Stucco
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Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
The White Orchid
Tina
This Is Christmas
Shattered!
Maria
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
Cup of My Blood
Iona
The History of Us
Sabrina
Satellite of Love
Michelle
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
Best of the Best
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
Cortex
Sama
Dark
Kaya