Actor
Janina Gavankar
Biography

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 Bl ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Borderlands | Knoxx
2021 -- Encounter | Piya
2020 -- The Way Back | Angela
2019 -- Stucco | J
2018 -- Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting | Self
2018 -- Blindspotting | Val
2018 -- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Gina
2018 -- The White Orchid | Tina
2017 -- This Is Christmas |
2017 -- Norman Pinski Come Home | Reporter
2016 -- Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Party Guest
2014 -- Think Like a Man Too | Vanessa Martinez
2014 -- FUTURESTATES: Code Academy | Madame Counselor
2013 -- Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? | Katia
2013 -- The Final Moments of Karl Brant | Detective Hostetler
2013 -- Satellite of Love | Michelle
2011 -- The Custom Mary | Ms. Rime
2010 -- Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Nikki (voice)
2008 -- Shattered! | Maria
2005 -- Cup of My Blood | Iona
2004 -- Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Field Reporter
2003 -- Dark | Kaya
2002 -- Barbershop | Fine Woman
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