Janina Gavankar
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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 Bl...
Known For
Filmography
Best of the Best
2026
as Rekha
Borderlands
2024
as Knoxx
Heroes' Feast
2023
as Self
Will Trent
2023
as Casey Mavery
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
as Meredith
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
as Pav-ti (voice)
Encounter
2021
as Piya
The Way Back
2020
as Angela
Never Have I Ever
2020
as Akshara
The Mighty Ones
2020
as Kensington (voice)
Big Sky
2020
as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
The Mighty Ones
2020
as Momn-E (voice)
Space Force
2020
as Hannah Howard
Stucco
2019
as J
The Morning Show
2019
as Alison Namazi
Relics and Rarities
2019
as Mumee
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Gina
The White Orchid
2018
as Tina
Blindspotting
2018
as Val
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018
as Self
Norman Pinski Come Home
2017
as Reporter
This Is Christmas
2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Party Guest
The History of Us
2015
as Sabrina
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014
as Madame Counselor
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Vanessa Martinez
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Meredith Bose
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
as Dr. Sharma
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
2014
as Lea Sadina
Satellite of Love
2013
as Michelle
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013
as Katia
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013
as Detective Hostetler
Sleepy Hollow
2013
as Diana Thomas
Arrow
2012
as Detective McKenna Hall
The Custom Mary
2011
as Ms. Rime
The Exes
2011
as Kerry
Traffic Light
2011
as Alexa
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Nikki (voice)
The Gates
2010
as Leigh Turner
Three Rivers
2009
The League
2009
as Shiva
The Vampire Diaries
2009
as Tessa
Shattered!
2008
as Maria
True Blood
2008
as Luna
Cup of My Blood
2005
as Iona
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Intern Lisa
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
as Field Reporter
Stargate Atlantis
2004
as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
The L Word
2004
as Eva "Papi" Torres
Dark
2003
as Kaya
NCIS
2003
as Angela Lopez
Barbershop
2002
as Fine Woman
Girlfriends
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
as Nurse Juni