
Janina Gavankar
Acting · Born 1980-11-29 · Joliet, Illinois, USA
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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Borderlands 2024
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Encounter 2021
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The Way Back 2020
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Stucco 2019
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Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting 2018
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Blindspotting 2018
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2018
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The White Orchid 2018
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This Is Christmas 2017
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Norman Pinski Come Home 2017
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday 2016
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The History of Us 2015
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Think Like a Man Too 2014
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FUTURESTATES: Code Academy 2014
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Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? 2013
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The Final Moments of Karl Brant 2013
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Satellite of Love 2013
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The Custom Mary 2011
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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 2010
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Shattered! 2008
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Cup of My Blood 2005
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business 2004
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Dark 2003
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Barbershop 2002
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Cortex
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Best of the Best
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