Janina Gavankar
Acting
1980-11-29 · Joliet, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
Best of the Best
2026 · Movie
Borderlands
2024 · Movie
Heroes' Feast
2023 · Series
Will Trent
2023 · Series
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022 · Series
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022 · Series
Encounter
2021 · Movie
Big Sky
2020 · Series
The Mighty Ones
2020 · Series
Space Force
2020 · Series
Never Have I Ever
2020 · Series
The Way Back
2020 · Movie
The Morning Show
2019 · Series
Stucco
2019 · Movie
Relics and Rarities
2019 · Series
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018 · Movie
Blindspotting
2018 · Movie
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Movie
The White Orchid
2018 · Movie
This Is Christmas
2017 · Movie
Norman Pinski Come Home
2017 · Movie
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Movie
The History of Us
2015 · Movie
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Series
Garfunkel and Oates
2014 · Series
You're the Worst
2014 · Series
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Movie
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014 · Movie
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
2014 · Series
Sleepy Hollow
2013 · Series
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013 · Movie
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013 · Movie
The Goodwin Games
2013 · Series
Satellite of Love
2013 · Movie
Arrow
2012 · Series
The Exes
2011 · Series
The Custom Mary
2011 · Movie
Traffic Light
2011 · Series
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · Movie
The Gates
2010 · Series
The League
2009 · Series
Three Rivers
2009 · Series
The Vampire Diaries
2009 · Series
True Blood
2008 · Series
Shattered!
2008 · Movie
Cup of My Blood
2005 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Stargate Atlantis
2004 · Series
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004 · Movie
The L Word
2004 · Series
Dark
2003 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · Series
Barbershop
2002 · Movie
Girlfriends
2000 · Series
Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Cortex
Movie