
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.
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The Simpsons
1989
ANIMATION
The Vampire Diaries
2009
DRAMA
You're the Worst
2014
COMEDY
Girlfriends
2000
DRAMA
Arrow
2012
CRIME
Will Trent
2023
CRIME
Stargate Atlantis
2004
SCI-FI
True Blood
2008
SCI-FI
Sleepy Hollow
2013
DRAMA
The League
2009
COMEDY
The Morning Show
2019
DRAMA
The L Word
2004
DRAMA
Never Have I Ever
2020
COMEDY
Big Sky
2020
CRIME
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
MYSTERY
The Exes
2011
COMEDY
Space Force
2020
COMEDY
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
MYSTERY
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
ANIMATION
Best of the Best
2026
COMEDY
Three Rivers
2009
DRAMA
Borderlands
2024
ACTION
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
COMEDY
Traffic Light
2011
COMEDY
The Gates
2010
DRAMA
Think Like a Man Too
2014
COMEDY
The Goodwin Games
2013
COMEDY
Barbershop
2002
COMEDY
The Way Back
2020
DRAMA
Blindspotting
2018
COMEDY