Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Janina Gavankar
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
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Movies: 22Series: 26Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 210665
IMDb ID: nm1232470
Known for: Acting
Born: November 29, 1980
Age: 45
Place of birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2024
Years active: 25
Average TMDB rating: 6.89
Wikidata: Q39986
Also known as
جانینا گاوانکار • Janina Zione Gavankar
Other jobs
Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Janina Gavankar.
5.6
Borderlands
as Knoxx
2024 Movie
6.3
Encounter
as Piya
2021 Movie
6.6
The Way Back
as Angela
2020 Movie
5.2
Stucco
as J
2019 Movie
7.3
Blindspotting
as Val
2018 Movie
6.7
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Gina
2018 Movie
5.5
The White Orchid
as Tina
2018 Movie
6.0
This Is Christmas
2017 Movie
Norman Pinski Come Home
as Reporter
2017 Movie
6.1
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Party Guest
2016 Movie
6.4
Think Like a Man Too
as Vanessa Martinez
2014 Movie
5.0
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
as Madame Counselor
2014 Movie
4.9
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
as Katia
2013 Movie
7.9
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
as Detective Hostetler
2013 Movie
4.2
Satellite of Love
as Michelle
2013 Movie
2.0
The Custom Mary
as Ms. Rime
2011 Movie
6.3
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Nikki (voice)
2010 Movie
2.0
Shattered!
as Maria
2008 Movie
4.5
Cup of My Blood
as Iona
2005 Movie
6.0
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Field Reporter
2004 Movie
5.0
Dark
as Kaya
2003 Movie
6.4
Barbershop
as Fine Woman
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Janina Gavankar.
Heroes' Feast
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.0
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
as Pav-ti (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.6
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
as Meredith • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Big Sky
as Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar • 18 eps
2020 Series
7.4
The Mighty Ones
as Kensington (voice) • 32 eps
2020 Series
6.5
Space Force
as Hannah Howard • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.1
Never Have I Ever
as Akshara • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.7
The Morning Show
as Alison Namazi • 15 eps
2019 Series
7.7
Relics and Rarities
as Mumee • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.2
The Mysteries of Laura
as Meredith Bose • 38 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Garfunkel and Oates
as Dr. Sharma • 1 eps
2014 Series
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
as Lea Sadina • 7 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Sleepy Hollow
as Diana Thomas • 13 eps
2013 Series
6.8
Arrow
as Detective McKenna Hall • 4 eps
2012 Series
6.6
The Exes
as Kerry • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.3
The Gates
as Leigh Turner • 13 eps
2010 Series
7.3
The League
as Shiva • 21 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Three Rivers
1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
The Vampire Diaries
as Tessa • 4 eps
2009 Series
7.6
True Blood
as Luna • 25 eps
2008 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Intern Lisa • 2 eps
2005 Series
8.0
Stargate Atlantis
as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.6
The L Word
as Eva "Papi" Torres • 20 eps
2004 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Angela Lopez • 1 eps
2003 Series