Acting
Janina Gavankar
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician of Indian and Dutch descent. 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.
Filmography
Best of the Best
Film · 2026
Borderlands
Film · 2024
Heroes' Feast
Series · 2023
Will Trent
Series · 2023
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Series · 2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Series · 2022
Encounter
Film · 2021
The Way Back
Film · 2020
Never Have I Ever
Series · 2020
The Mighty Ones
Series · 2020
Big Sky
Series · 2020
The Mighty Ones
Series · 2020
Space Force
Series · 2020
Stucco
Film · 2019
The Morning Show
Series · 2019
Relics and Rarities
Series · 2019
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Film · 2018
The White Orchid
Film · 2018
Blindspotting
Film · 2018
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Film · 2018
Norman Pinski Come Home
Film · 2017
This Is Christmas
Film · 2017
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Film · 2016
The History of Us
Film · 2015
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Film · 2014
Think Like a Man Too
Film · 2014
The Mysteries of Laura
Series · 2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Series · 2014
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Series · 2014
You're the Worst
Series · 2014
Satellite of Love
Film · 2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Film · 2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Film · 2013
Sleepy Hollow
Series · 2013
The Goodwin Games
Series · 2013
Arrow
Series · 2012
The Custom Mary
Film · 2011
The Exes
Series · 2011
Traffic Light
Series · 2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Film · 2010
The Gates
Series · 2010
Three Rivers
Series · 2009
The League
Series · 2009
The Vampire Diaries
Series · 2009
Shattered!
Film · 2008
True Blood
Series · 2008
Cup of My Blood
Film · 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Film · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
The L Word
Series · 2004
Dark
Film · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
Barbershop
Film · 2002
Girlfriends
Series · 2000
Strong Medicine
Series · 2000
Cortex
Film