Janina Gavankar
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.
Born: 29 November 1980
Played In
Movie
Sep 2026
Best of the Best
Movie
Aug 2024
Borderlands
Knoxx
TV Show
Nov 2023
Heroes' Feast
Self
TV Show
Jan 2023
Will Trent
Casey Mavery
TV Show
Oct 2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
Movie
Dec 2021
Encounter
Piya
TV Show
Nov 2020
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
TV Show
Nov 2020
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2020
The Mighty Ones
Momn-E (voice)
TV Show
May 2020
Space Force
Hannah Howard
TV Show
Apr 2020
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
Movie
Mar 2020
The Way Back
Angela
TV Show
Nov 2019
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
Movie
Aug 2019
Stucco
J
TV Show
Feb 2019
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
Movie
Nov 2018
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
Movie
Jul 2018
Blindspotting
Val
Movie
Mar 2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
Movie
Feb 2018
The White Orchid
Tina
Movie
Dec 2017
This Is Christmas
Movie
Sep 2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
Movie
Mar 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
Movie
May 2015
The History of Us
Sabrina
TV Show
Sep 2014
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
TV Show
Aug 2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
Movie
Jun 2014
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
Movie
Apr 2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
TV Show
Jan 2014
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina
TV Show
Sep 2013
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
Movie
Jul 2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
Movie
Jul 2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
Movie
Mar 2013
Satellite of Love
Michelle
TV Show
Oct 2012
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
TV Show
Nov 2011
The Exes
Kerry
Movie
Aug 2011
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
TV Show
Feb 2011
Traffic Light
Alexa
Movie
Sep 2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
TV Show
Jun 2010
The Gates
Leigh Turner
TV Show
Oct 2009
The League
Shiva
TV Show
Oct 2009
Three Rivers
TV Show
Sep 2009
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
TV Show
Sep 2008
True Blood
Luna
Movie
Jan 2008
Shattered!
Maria
Movie
Aug 2005
Cup of My Blood
Iona
TV Show
Mar 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
TV Show
Jul 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
Movie
Jan 2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
TV Show
Jan 2004
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
Movie
Sep 2003
Dark
Kaya
TV Show
Sep 2003
NCIS
Angela Lopez
Movie
Apr 2002
Barbershop
Fine Woman
TV Show
Sep 2000
Girlfriends
TV Show
Jul 2000
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
Movie
Cortex
Sama