
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

NCIS
2003

Grey's Anatomy
2005

The Vampire Diaries
2009

Arrow
2012

Stargate Atlantis
2004

True Blood
2008

Strong Medicine
2000

Will Trent
2023

Big Sky
2020

Never Have I Ever
2020

Girlfriends
2000

Sleepy Hollow
2013

The Morning Show
2019

The League
2009

The L Word
2004

The Mighty Ones
2020

The Mighty Ones
2020

The Exes
2011

The Mysteries of Laura
2014

Space Force
2020

Borderlands
2024

Traffic Light
2011

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022