Janina Gavankar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1980, Joliet, Illinois, USA
- Movies
- 26
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Best of the Best | Rekha |
| 2024 | Borderlands | Knoxx |
| 2021 | Encounter | Piya |
| 2020 | The Way Back | Angela |
| 2019 | Stucco | J |
| 2018 | Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting | Self |
| 2018 | Blindspotting | Val |
| 2018 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Gina |
| 2018 | The White Orchid | Tina |
| 2017 | This Is Christmas | |
| 2017 | Norman Pinski Come Home | Reporter |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Party Guest |
| 2015 | The History of Us | Sabrina |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Vanessa Martinez |
| 2014 | FUTURESTATES: Code Academy | Madame Counselor |
| 2013 | Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? | Katia |
| 2013 | The Final Moments of Karl Brant | Detective Hostetler |
| 2013 | Satellite of Love | Michelle |
| 2011 | The Custom Mary | Ms. Rime |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Nikki (voice) |
| 2008 | Shattered! | Maria |
| 2005 | Cup of My Blood | Iona |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Field Reporter |
| 2003 | Dark | Kaya |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Fine Woman |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2019 | Stucco | Director, Writer |
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