Janina Gavankar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1980
- Birthplace
- 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
- Cortex
Cortex TBA
as Sama
Best of the Best 2026
as Rekha
Borderlands 2024
as Knoxx
Encounter 2021
as Piya
The Way Back 2020
as Angela
Stucco 2019
as J, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting 2018
as Self
Blindspotting 2018
as Val
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2018
as Gina
The White Orchid 2018
as Tina
This Is Christmas 2017
Actor
Norman Pinski Come Home 2017
as Reporter
Pee-wee's Big Holiday 2016
as Party Guest
- The History of Us
The History of Us 2015
as Sabrina
Think Like a Man Too 2014
as Vanessa Martinez
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy 2014
as Madame Counselor
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? 2013
as Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant 2013
as Detective Hostetler
Satellite of Love 2013
as Michelle
The Custom Mary 2011
as Ms. Rime
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 2010
as Nikki (voice)
Shattered! 2008
as Maria
Cup of My Blood 2005
as Iona
Barbershop 2: Back in Business 2004
as Field Reporter
Dark 2003
as Kaya
Barbershop 2002
as Fine Woman
Credits from TMDB.