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Home/People/Janina Gavankar
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Born
Nov 29, 1980
Age 45
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

26
Movies
27
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
جانینا گاوانکار
Janina Zione Gavankar
IMDb Profile

Janina Gavankar

Acting

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 played Diana Thomas on Fox's supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow.
Borderlands poster

Borderlands

as Knoxx
2024
Encounter poster

Encounter

as Piya
2021
The Way Back poster

The Way Back

as Angela
2020
Stucco poster

Stucco

as J
2019
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting poster

Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting

as Self
2018
Blindspotting poster

Blindspotting

as Val
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall poster

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

as Gina
2018
The White Orchid poster

The White Orchid

as Tina
2018
This Is Christmas poster

This Is Christmas

Cast
2017
Norman Pinski Come Home poster

Norman Pinski Come Home

as Reporter
2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday poster

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

as Party Guest
2016
The History of Us poster

The History of Us

as Sabrina
2015
Think Like a Man Too poster

Think Like a Man Too

as Vanessa Martinez
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy poster

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

as Madame Counselor
2014
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? poster

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

as Katia
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant poster

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

as Detective Hostetler
2013
Satellite of Love poster

Satellite of Love

as Michelle
2013
The Custom Mary poster

The Custom Mary

as Ms. Rime
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey poster

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

as Nikki (voice)
2010
Shattered! poster

Shattered!

as Maria
2008