Janina Gavankar
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
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
NCIS
Angela Lopez
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
True Blood
Luna
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
Girlfriends
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
The League
Shiva
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
The Mighty Ones
Momn-E (voice)
The Exes
Kerry
Borderlands
Knoxx
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
Space Force
Hannah Howard
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
Heroes' Feast
Self
Three Rivers
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
Barbershop
Fine Woman
The Gates
Leigh Turner
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
The Way Back
Angela
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
The White Orchid
Tina
Blindspotting
Val
Encounter
Piya
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
Stucco
J
Cup of My Blood
Iona
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
Cortex
Sama
Satellite of Love
Michelle
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
Shattered!
Maria
Echo
Dark
Kaya
The History of Us
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter