
Acting · 45 years old
Joliet, Illinois, USA
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.

The Vampire Diaries
Tessa

Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa

Never Have I Ever
Akshara

Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)

The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler

The Morning Show
Alison Namazi

Relics and Rarities
Mumee

True Blood
Luna

NCIS
Angela Lopez

The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres

Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni

Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas

Girlfriends

The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)

The Mighty Ones
Momn-E (voice)

The League
Shiva

Blindspotting
Val

Will Trent
Casey Mavery

Big Sky
Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar