Cast & creator
Janina Gavankar
Best known for Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, The Vampire Diaries
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.
Also known as: جانینا گاوانکار, Janina Zione Gavankar
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film credits
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television credits
57
2000–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (60)
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Grey's Anatomy
Intern Lisa
2005
NCIS
Angela Lopez
2003
The Vampire Diaries
Tessa
2009
Arrow
Detective McKenna Hall
2012
True Blood
Luna
2008
Strong Medicine
Nurse Juni
2000
Stargate Atlantis
Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
2004
The Morning Show
Alison Namazi
2019
Will Trent
Casey Mavery
2023
Sleepy Hollow
Diana Thomas
2013
Girlfriends
2000
Never Have I Ever
Akshara
2020
The League
Shiva
2009
The L Word
Eva "Papi" Torres
2004
Big Sky
Ren Bhullar
2020
The Mighty Ones
Kensington (voice)
2020The Mighty Ones
Momn-E (voice)
2020
The Exes
Kerry
2011
The Mysteries of Laura
Meredith Bose
2014
Space Force
Hannah Howard
2020
You're the Worst
Rachel
2014
Best of the Best
Rekha
2026
Borderlands
Knoxx
2024
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Pav-ti (voice)
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Meredith
2022
Traffic Light
Alexa
2011
The Way Back
Angela
2020
The Gates
Leigh Turner
2010
Three Rivers
2009
Garfunkel and Oates
Dr. Sharma
2014
Barbershop
Fine Woman
2002
The Goodwin Games
Hannah
2013
Think Like a Man Too
Vanessa Martinez
2014
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Gina
2018
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Field Reporter
2004
Relics and Rarities
Mumee
2019
Blindspotting
Val
2018
Heroes' Feast
Self
2023
Encounter
Piya
2021
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
2016
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
Lea Sadina
2014
The White Orchid
Tina
2018
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nikki (voice)
2010
Stucco
J
2019Stucco
Director
2019Stucco
Writer
2019Stucco
Executive Producer
2019
Shattered!
Maria
2008The History of Us
Sabrina
2015
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Katia
2013
Cup of My Blood
Iona
2005
Norman Pinski Come Home
Reporter
2017
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
2013Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Self
2018
This Is Christmas
2017
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
2011
Satellite of Love
Michelle
2013
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
2014
Dark
Kaya
2003Cortex
Sama