Born
29 November 1980 (45)
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Janina Zione Gavankar
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 Bl...
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.
Borderlands
2024
Encounter
2021
The Way Back
2020
Stucco
2019
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018
Blindspotting
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
The White Orchid
2018
This Is Christmas
2017
Norman Pinski Come Home
2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
The History of Us
2015
Think Like a Man Too
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013
Satellite of Love
2013
The Custom Mary
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
Shattered!
2008
Cup of My Blood
2005
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
Dark
2003
Barbershop
2002
Cortex
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