
Janina Gavankar
Acting
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.
Known For

2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · tv

2003
NCIS
2003 · tv

2009
The Vampire Diaries
2009 · tv

2012
Arrow
2012 · tv

2008
True Blood
2008 · tv

2004
Stargate Atlantis
2004 · tv

2023
Will Trent
2023 · tv

2000
Strong Medicine
2000 · tv

2004
The L Word
2004 · tv

2013
Sleepy Hollow
2013 · tv

2019
The Morning Show
2019 · tv

2000
Girlfriends
2000 · tv

2009
The League
2009 · tv

2020
Never Have I Ever
2020 · tv

2020
Big Sky
2020 · tv

2020
The Mighty Ones
2020 · tv

2014
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · tv

2011
The Exes
2011 · tv

2020
Space Force
2020 · tv

2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022 · tv

2024
Borderlands
2024 · movie

2009
Three Rivers
2009 · tv

2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022 · tv

2014
Garfunkel and Oates
2014 · tv

2010
The Gates
2010 · tv

2011
Traffic Light
2011 · tv

2002
Barbershop
2002 · movie

2014
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · movie

2023
Heroes' Feast
2023 · tv

2018
Blindspotting
2018 · movie