
Janina Gavankar
Acting
Born 1980-11-29 · Joliet, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for

Borderlands
2024 · Movie

Barbershop
2002 · Movie

Blindspotting
2018 · Movie

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Movie

Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Movie

The Way Back
2020 · Movie

Encounter
2021 · Movie

Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004 · Movie

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Movie

The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013 · Movie

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · Movie

The White Orchid
2018 · Movie

Stucco
2019 · Movie

This Is Christmas
2017 · Movie

Dark
2003 · Movie

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013 · Movie

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014 · Movie

Cup of My Blood
2005 · Movie

Satellite of Love
2013 · Movie

Shattered!
2008 · Movie

The Custom Mary
2011 · Movie

Norman Pinski Come Home
2017 · Movie