Cast
Janina Gavankar
Acting
Cast
Janina Gavankar
Known for
Acting
Born
1980-11-29
From
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Also known as جانینا گاوانکار, Janina Zione Gavankar
Biography
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.
★5.6
MOVIE2024
Borderlands
as Knoxx
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Barbershop
as Fine Woman
★6.6
MOVIE2020
The Way Back
as Angela
★6.4
MOVIE2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Vanessa Martinez
★6.1
MOVIE2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Field Reporter
★7.3
MOVIE2018
Blindspotting
as Val
★6.1
MOVIE2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Party Guest
★6.7
MOVIE2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Gina
★5.7
MOVIE2018
The White Orchid
as Tina
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Nikki (voice)
MOVIE2015
The History of Us
as Sabrina
★6.3
MOVIE2021
Encounter
as Piya
★4.6
MOVIE2005
Cup of My Blood
as Iona
★2.0
MOVIE2008
Shattered!
as Maria
★5.8
MOVIE2003
Dark
as Kaya
★5.3
MOVIE2019
Stucco
as J
★6.0
MOVIE2017
This Is Christmas
★4.9
MOVIE2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
as Katia
★4.2
MOVIE2013
Satellite of Love
as Michelle
MOVIE2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
as Reporter
★2.0
MOVIE2011
The Custom Mary
as Ms. Rime
★5.0
MOVIE2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
as Madame Counselor
MOVIE2026
Best of the Best
★7.9
MOVIE2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
as Detective Hostetler
MOVIETBA
Cortex
as Sama
★6.0
MOVIE2018
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
as Self