Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar (44)

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.

On Movies

  • Borderlands
  • Encounter
  • The Way Back
  • Stucco
  • Blindspotting
  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
  • The White Orchid
  • Norman Pinski Come Home
  • Pee-wee's Big Holiday
  • Think Like a Man Too
  • FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
  • Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
  • The Final Moments of Karl Brant
  • Satellite of Love
  • The Custom Mary
  • Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
  • Shattered!
  • Cup of My Blood
  • Barbershop 2: Back in Business
  • Dark
  • Barbershop

Movies as Director

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