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Janina Gavankar
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 Theatr…
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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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2026
Best of the Best
Movie
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2024
Borderlands
Movie Knoxx
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2023
Heroes' Feast
TV show Self
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2023
Will Trent
TV show Casey Mavery
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2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
TV show Pav-ti (voice)
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2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV show Meredith
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2021
Encounter
Movie Piya
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2020
Big Sky
TV show Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar
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2020
The Mighty Ones
TV show Kensington (voice)
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2020
Space Force
TV show Hannah Howard
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2020
Never Have I Ever
TV show Akshara
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2020
The Way Back
Movie Angela
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2019
The Morning Show
TV show Alison Namazi
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2019
Stucco
Movie J
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2019
Relics and Rarities
TV show Mumee
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2018
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Movie Self
More credits
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2018
Blindspotting
Movie Val
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2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Movie Gina
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2018
The White Orchid
Movie Tina
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2017
This Is Christmas
Movie
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2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
Movie Reporter
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2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie Party Guest
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2015
The History of Us
Movie Sabrina
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2014
The Mysteries of Laura
TV show Meredith Bose
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2014
Garfunkel and Oates
TV show Dr. Sharma
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2014
Think Like a Man Too
Movie Vanessa Martinez
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2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Movie Madame Counselor
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2014
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
TV show Lea Sadina
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2013
Sleepy Hollow
TV show Diana Thomas
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2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Movie Katia
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2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Movie Detective Hostetler
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2013
Satellite of Love
Movie Michelle
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2012
Arrow
TV show Detective McKenna Hall
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2011
The Exes
TV show Kerry
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2011
The Custom Mary
Movie Ms. Rime
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2011
Traffic Light
TV show Alexa
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2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie Nikki (voice)
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2010
The Gates
TV show Leigh Turner
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2009
The League
TV show Shiva
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2009
Three Rivers
TV show
