Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar

CountryUnited States United States
GenderFemale
BirthdayNov 29, 1980
BiographyJanina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist and majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her roles include Eva "Papi" Torres on Showtime's The L Word, Shiva on The League, Leigh Turner on The Gates, Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood, McKenna Hall on The CW's Arrow, and Diana Thomas on FOX's Sleepy Hollow as well as Qetsiyah/Tessa in The CW's

The Vampire Diaries. In the marketing world Janina is known to have played the role of "Ms. Dewey", a personified search engine and virtual assistant for Microsoft.

Biography from the Wikipedia article Janina Gavankar. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Echo
Upcoming

Echo

as Mel Goodwin
Big Sky
Ended

Big Sky

as Ren Bhullar
Sleepy Hollow
Ended

Sleepy Hollow

as Diana Thomas
The Gates
Ended

The Gates

as Leigh Turner
The L Word
Ended

The L Word

as Papi
The Mysteries of Laura
Ended

The Mysteries of Laura

as Detective Meredith Bose
True Blood
Ended

True Blood

as Luna Garza

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