Janina Gavankar
Age: 41 | From: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1980-11-29 10:25:09
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1983) is an American actress and musician of mixed Indian and Dutch descent. Gavankar is also trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Gavankar's is known for her more notable roles as Papi, a promiscuous lesbian in The L Word, Leigh Turner, a cop with a big secret on "The Gates", and Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who comments about the user's searches. Gavankar has appeared in theatre, commercials, short films, independent films, as well as Barbershop and its sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janina Gavankar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Arrow
(2012) Detective McKenna Hall
The Morning Show
(2019) Alison Namazi
The L Word
(2004) Eva "Papi" Torres
Stargate Atlantis
(2004) Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra
True Blood
(2008) Luna
Sleepy Hollow
(2013) Diana Thomas
The Way Back
(2020) Angela
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
(2018) GinaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Piya | |
| 2020 | Hannah Howard | |
| Angela | ||
| 2019 | Alison Namazi | |
| J | ||
| Mumee | ||
| 2018 | Val | |
| Gina | ||
| Tina | ||
| 2017 | N/A | |
| 2016 | Party Guest | |
| 2014 | Meredith Bose | |
| Dr. Sharma | ||
| Vanessa Martinez | ||
| Vanessa | ||
| Madame Counselor | ||
| 2013 | Diana Thomas | |
| Katia | ||
| Detective Hostetler | ||
| Michelle | ||
| 2012 | Detective McKenna Hall | |
| 2011 | Kerry | |
| Ms. Rime | ||
| 2010 | Leigh Turner | |
| 2009 | Shiva | |
| N/A | ||
| 2008 | Luna | |
| Maria | ||
| 2005 | Iona | |
| 2004 | Sgt. 'Dusty' Mehra | |
| Field Reporter | ||
| Eva "Papi" Torres | ||
| 2003 | Kaya | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Fine Woman | |
| 2000 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Commander Knoxx | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |