Janina Gavankar
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday29 November 1980 (45 years old)
Place of birthJoliet, Illinois, USA
Known credits54
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 pla…
Best of the Best
2026
Borderlands
2024 · Knoxx
Heroes' Feast
2023 · Self
Will Trent
2023 · Casey Mavery
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022 · Pav-ti (voice)
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022 · Meredith
Encounter
2021 · Piya
Big Sky
2020 · Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
The Mighty Ones
2020 · Kensington (voice)
The Mighty Ones
2020 · Momn-E (voice)
Space Force
2020 · Hannah Howard
Never Have I Ever
2020 · Akshara
The Way Back
2020 · Angela
The Morning Show
2019 · Alison Namazi
Stucco
2019 · J
Stucco
2019 · Director
Stucco
2019 · Writer
Stucco
2019 · Executive Producer
Relics and Rarities
2019 · Mumee
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018 · Self
Blindspotting
2018 · Val
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Gina
The White Orchid
2018 · Tina
This Is Christmas
2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
2017 · Reporter
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Party Guest
The History of Us
2015 · Sabrina
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Meredith Bose
Garfunkel and Oates
2014 · Dr. Sharma
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Vanessa Martinez
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014 · Madame Counselor
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
2014 · Lea Sadina
Sleepy Hollow
2013 · Diana Thomas
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013 · Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013 · Detective Hostetler
Satellite of Love
2013 · Michelle
Arrow
2012 · Detective McKenna Hall
The Exes
2011 · Kerry
The Custom Mary
2011 · Ms. Rime
Traffic Light
2011 · Alexa
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · Nikki (voice)
The Gates
2010 · Leigh Turner
The League
2009 · Shiva
Three Rivers
2009
The Vampire Diaries
2009 · Tessa
True Blood
2008 · Luna
Shattered!
2008 · Maria
Cup of My Blood
2005 · Iona
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