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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Female

Birthday

1980-11-29 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Joliet, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

جانینا گاوانکار

Janina Gavankar

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janina Gavankar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Encounter

2021

Encounter

as

Piya

Cup of My Blood

2005

Cup of My Blood

as

Iona

Satellite of Love

2013

Satellite of Love

as

Michelle

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

2013

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

as

Detective Hostetler

Cortex

Cortex

as

Sama

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

as

Party Guest

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

2014

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

as

Madame Counselor

Think Like a Man Too

2014

Think Like a Man Too

as

Vanessa Martinez

Shattered!

2008

Shattered!

as

Maria

Blindspotting

2018

Blindspotting

as

Val

The Way Back

2020

The Way Back

as

Angela

Dark

2003

Dark

as

Kaya

Stucco

2019

Stucco

as

J

The Custom Mary

2011

The Custom Mary

as

Ms. Rime

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

2004

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

as

Field Reporter

Barbershop

2002

Barbershop

as

Fine Woman

Borderlands

2024

Borderlands

as

Knoxx

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis

as

Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra

NCIS

NCIS

as

Angela Lopez

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

as

Nurse Juni

The League

The League

as

Shiva

The Gates

The Gates

as

Leigh Turner

The Mysteries of Laura

The Mysteries of Laura

as

Meredith Bose

Arrow

Arrow

as

Detective McKenna Hall

The L Word

The L Word

as

Eva "Papi" Torres

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

as

Diana Thomas

The Mighty Ones

The Mighty Ones

as

Kensington (voice)

Big Sky

Big Sky

as

Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar

The Mighty Ones

The Mighty Ones

as

Momn-E (voice)

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Intern Lisa

The Morning Show

The Morning Show

as

Alison Namazi

Space Force

Space Force

as

Hannah Howard

The Exes

The Exes

as

Kerry

Production

Stucco

2019

Stucco

as

Crew

Directing

Stucco

2019

Stucco

as