Janina Gavankar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1980
- Place of birth
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Movies with Janina Gavankar
- Borderlands 2024 · ★ 5.5
- The Way Back 2020 · ★ 6.6
- Blindspotting 2018 · ★ 7.3
- Think Like a Man Too 2014 · ★ 6.4
- Barbershop 2002 · ★ 6.5
- Encounter 2021 · ★ 6.3
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business 2004 · ★ 6.1
- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2018 · ★ 6.7
- Pee-wee's Big Holiday 2016 · ★ 6.1
- Best of the Best 2026 · ★ 5.7
- The White Orchid 2018 · ★ 5.8
- Stucco 2019 · ★ 5.3
- Cup of My Blood 2005 · ★ 4.6
- Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 2010 · ★ 6.0
- Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? 2013 · ★ 4.9
- Satellite of Love 2013 · ★ 4.2
- The Final Moments of Karl Brant 2013 · ★ 7.9
- Dark 2003 · ★ 5.8
- FUTURESTATES: Code Academy 2014 · ★ 5.0
- This Is Christmas 2017 · ★ 6.0
- Shattered! 2008 · ★ 2.0
- The Custom Mary 2011 · ★ 2.0
- Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting 2018 · ★ 6.0
- Norman Pinski Come Home 2017
- The History of Us 2015
Movies directed by Janina Gavankar
- Stucco 2019 · ★ 5.3