Janina Gavankar
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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
Credits
Borderlands (2024)
as Knoxx
Best of the Best (2026)
as Rekha
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
as Vanessa Martinez
The Way Back (2020)
as Angela
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2018)
as Gina
Barbershop (2002)
as Fine Woman
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
as Field Reporter
Blindspotting (2018)
as Val
Encounter (2021)
as Piya
Norman Pinski Come Home (2017)
as Reporter
The History of Us (2015)
as Sabrina
Shattered! (2008)
as Maria
Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
as Party Guest
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
as Nikki (voice)
Cup of My Blood (2005)
as Iona
The White Orchid (2018)
as Tina
Dark (2003)
as Kaya
This Is Christmas (2017)
Actor
Stucco (2019)
as J
The Final Moments of Karl Brant (2013)
as Detective Hostetler
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? (2013)
as Katia
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting (2018)
as Self
Satellite of Love (2013)
as Michelle
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy (2014)
as Madame Counselor
The Custom Mary (2011)
as Ms. Rime
Cortex (—)
as Sama