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
Knoxx
2024
Heroes' Feast
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith · (2 episodes)
2022
Encounter
Piya
2021
Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar · (18 episodes)
2020
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice) · (32 episodes)
2020
The Mighty Ones
Momn-E (voice) · (2 episodes)
2020
Space Force
Hannah Howard · (1 episode)
2020
Never Have I Ever
Akshara · (2 episodes)
2020
The Way Back
Angela
2020
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi · (15 episodes)
2019
Stucco
J
2019
Relics and Rarities
Mumee · (2 episodes)
2019
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
2018
Blindspotting
Val
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
2018
The White Orchid
Tina
2018
This Is Christmas
2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
2016
The History of Us
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose · (38 episodes)
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma · (1 episode)
2014
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
2014
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas · (13 episodes)
2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
2013
Satellite of Love
Michelle
2013
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall · (4 episodes)
2012
The Exes
Kerry · (1 episode)
2011
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
2010
The Gates
Leigh Turner · (13 episodes)
2010
The League
Shiva · (21 episodes)
2009
Cup of My Blood
Iona
2005
Cortex
Sama
Three Rivers
(1 episode)
2009
True Blood
Luna · (25 episodes)
2008
Shattered!
Maria
2008
Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa · (2 episodes)
2005
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra · (1 episode)
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
2004
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres · (20 episodes)
2004
Dark
Kaya
2003
NCIS
Angela Lopez · (1 episode)
2003
Barbershop
Fine Woman
2002
Girlfriends
(1 episode)
2000
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni · (1 episode)
2000
Echo
(1 episode)