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.
as Sama
as Rekha
as Knoxx
as Self(1 ep)
as Casey Mavery(2 eps)
as Pav-ti (voice)(1 ep)
as Meredith(2 eps)
as Piya
as Ren Bhullar(18 eps)
as Kensington (voice)(32 eps)
as Momn-E (voice)(2 eps)
as Hannah Howard(1 ep)
as Akshara(2 eps)
as Angela
as Alison Namazi(15 eps)
as J
as Mumee(2 eps)
as Val
as Gina
as Tina
as Reporter
as Party Guest
as Sabrina
as Meredith Bose(38 eps)
as Dr. Sharma(1 ep)
as Rachel(1 ep)
as Vanessa Martinez
as Madame Counselor
as Lea Sadina(7 eps)
as Diana Thomas(13 eps)
as Katia
as Detective Hostetler
as Hannah(1 ep)
as Michelle
as Detective McKenna Hall(4 eps)
as Kerry(1 ep)
as Ms. Rime
as Alexa(3 eps)
as Nikki (voice)
as Leigh Turner(13 eps)
as Shiva(21 eps)
as Tessa(4 eps)
as Luna(25 eps)
as Maria
as Iona
as Intern Lisa(2 eps)
as Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra(1 ep)
as Field Reporter
as Eva "Papi" Torres(20 eps)
as Kaya
as Angela Lopez(1 ep)
as Fine Woman
as Nurse Juni(1 ep)
as Manjula (voice)(1 ep)