Janina Gavankar

1980 (45) • Acting

Born: 11/29/1980 (45) in Joliet, Illinois, USA

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

82%

Intern Lisa

2005

Arrow

68%

Detective McKenna Hall

2012

NCIS

76%

Angela Lopez

2003

True Blood

76%

Luna

2008

Never Have I Ever

80%

Akshara

2020

Borderlands

55%

Knoxx

2024

The Way Back

66%

Angela

2020

Stargate Atlantis

80%

Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra

2004

Best of the Best

49%

Rekha

2026

Borderlands

55%

Knoxx

2024

Heroes' Feast

Self

2023

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

80%

Pav-ti (voice)

2022

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

65%

Meredith

2022

Encounter

63%

Piya

2021

Big Sky

72%

Reenu 'Ren' Bhullar

2020

The Mighty Ones

74%

Kensington (voice) / Momn-E (voice)

2020

Space Force

65%

Hannah Howard

2020

Never Have I Ever

80%

Akshara

2020

The Way Back

66%

Angela

2020

The Morning Show

77%

Alison Namazi

2019

Stucco

53%

2019

Stucco

53%

Director

2019

Stucco

53%

Executive Producer

2019

Stucco

53%

Writer

2019

Relics and Rarities

73%

Mumee

2019

Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting

60%

Self

2018

Blindspotting

73%

Val

2018

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

67%

Gina

2018

The White Orchid

58%

Tina

2018

This Is Christmas

60%

2017

Norman Pinski Come Home

Reporter

2017

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

61%

Party Guest

2016

The History of Us

Sabrina

2015

The Mysteries of Laura

71%

Meredith Bose

2014

Garfunkel and Oates

69%

Dr. Sharma

2014

Think Like a Man Too

64%

Vanessa Martinez

2014