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.

Filmography

• 2026Best of the Best — Rekha
• 2024Borderlands — Knoxx
• Will Trent — Casey Mavery
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — Pav-ti (voice)
• The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window — Meredith
• 2021Encounter — Piya
• Big Sky — Ren Bhullar
• Never Have I Ever — Akshara
• Space Force — Hannah Howard
• The Mighty Ones — Kensington (voice), Momn-E (voice)
• 2020The Way Back — Angela
• Relics and Rarities — Mumee
• 2019Stucco — J, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• The Morning Show — Alison Namazi
• 2018Blindspotting — Val
• 2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall — Gina
• 2018The White Orchid — Tina
• 2017Norman Pinski Come Home — Reporter
• 2017This Is Christmas
• 2016Pee-wee's Big Holiday — Party Guest
• 2015The History of Us — Sabrina
• 2014FUTURESTATES: Code Academy — Madame Counselor
• Garfunkel and Oates — Dr. Sharma
• Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files — Lea Sadina
• The Mysteries of Laura — Meredith Bose
• 2014Think Like a Man Too — Vanessa Martinez
• You're the Worst — Rachel
• 2013Satellite of Love — Michelle
• Sleepy Hollow — Diana Thomas
• 2013The Final Moments of Karl Brant — Detective Hostetler
• The Goodwin Games — Hannah
• 2013Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? — Katia
• Arrow — Detective McKenna Hall
• 2011The Custom Mary — Ms. Rime
• The Exes — Kerry
• Traffic Light — Alexa
• 2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey — Nikki (voice)
• The Gates — Leigh Turner
• The League — Shiva
• The Vampire Diaries — Tessa
• Three Rivers
• 2008Shattered! — Maria
• True Blood — Luna
• 2005Cup of My Blood — Iona
• Grey's Anatomy — Intern Lisa
• 2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business — Field Reporter
• Stargate Atlantis — Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
• The L Word — Eva "Papi" Torres
• 2003Dark — Kaya
• NCIS — Angela Lopez
• 2002Barbershop — Fine Woman
• Girlfriends
• Strong Medicine — Nurse Juni
• Cortex — Sama

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Heroes' Feast — Self
• 2018Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting — Self