Janina 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 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.
Known for
- Grey's Anatomy (2005)
- NCIS (2003)
- Arrow (2012)
- The Vampire Diaries (2009)
- Strong Medicine (2000)
- Stargate Atlantis (2004)
- True Blood (2008)
- Girlfriends (2000)
- Sleepy Hollow (2013)
- The Morning Show (2019)
- Will Trent (2023)
- Never Have I Ever (2020)
- The League (2009)
- Big Sky (2020)
- The L Word (2004)
- The Mighty Ones (2020)
- The Mighty Ones (2020)
- The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
- The Exes (2011)
- Best of the Best (2026)