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Janina Gavankar
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Janina Gavankar

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1980Born, Joliet
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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.

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The SimpsonsManjula (voice)Grey's AnatomyIntern LisaThe Vampire DiariesTessaArrowDetective McKenna HallNCISAngela Lopez

Filmography

AllActingDirectingWritingProducing
2026Best of the BestRekhaMovie
2024BorderlandsKnoxxMovie
2023Will TrentCasey Mavery · 2 episodesShow
2022Star Wars: Tales of the JediPav-ti (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2022The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the WindowMeredith · 2 episodesShow
2021EncounterPiyaMovie
2020Big SkyRen Bhullar · 18 episodesShow
2020The Mighty OnesKensington (voice), Momn-E (voice) · 32 episodesShow
2020Space ForceHannah Howard · 1 episodeShow
2020Never Have I EverAkshara · 2 episodesShow
2020The Way BackAngelaMovie
2019The Morning ShowAlison Namazi · 15 episodesShow
2019StuccoJ · Director · Writer · Executive ProducerMovie
2018BlindspottingValMovie
2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallGinaMovie
2018The White OrchidTinaMovie
2017This Is ChristmasMovie
2017Norman Pinski Come HomeReporterMovie
2016Pee-wee's Big HolidayParty GuestMovie
2015The History of UsSabrinaMovie
2014The Mysteries of LauraMeredith Bose · 38 episodesShow
2014Garfunkel and OatesDr. Sharma · 1 episodeShow
2014You're the WorstRachel · 1 episodeShow
2014Think Like a Man TooVanessa MartinezMovie
2014FUTURESTATES: Code AcademyMadame CounselorMovie
2014Nikki & Nora: The N&N FilesLea Sadina · 7 episodesShow
2013Sleepy HollowDiana Thomas · 13 episodesShow
2013Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?KatiaMovie
2013The Final Moments of Karl BrantDetective HostetlerMovie
2013The Goodwin GamesHannah · 1 episodeShow
2013Satellite of LoveMichelleMovie
2012ArrowDetective McKenna Hall · 4 episodesShow
2011The ExesKerry · 1 episodeShow
2011The Custom MaryMs. RimeMovie
2011Traffic LightAlexa · 3 episodesShow
2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space OdysseyNikki (voice)Movie
2010The GatesLeigh Turner · 13 episodesShow
2009The LeagueShiva · 21 episodesShow
2009Three Rivers1 episodeShow
2009The Vampire DiariesTessa · 4 episodesShow
2008True BloodLuna · 25 episodesShow
2008Shattered!MariaMovie
2005Cup of My BloodIonaMovie
2005Grey's AnatomyIntern Lisa · 2 episodesShow
2004Stargate AtlantisSgt. 'Dusty' Mehra · 1 episodeShow
2004Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessField ReporterMovie
2004The L WordEva "Papi" Torres · 20 episodesShow
2003DarkKayaMovie
2003NCISAngela Lopez · 1 episodeShow
2002BarbershopFine WomanMovie
2000Girlfriends1 episodeShow
2000Strong MedicineNurse Juni · 1 episodeShow
1989The SimpsonsManjula (voice) · 1 episodeShow

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