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Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is a wonderful American actress and lovely musician.
She has trained to a high level as a pianist, vocalist and orchestral percussionist.
Janina Gavankar’s film roles include a police officer in the film “The Gates”; Ms. Dewey. She also played Diana Thomas in the Fox supernatural drama “Sleepy Hollow”.
American actress
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| Name: | Giannina Zione Gavankar |
| stage name: | Janina Gavankar |
| Date of Birth: | November 29, 1980 (43 years old) |
| place of birth: | Joliet, Illinois, United States |
| Country of Citizenship: | American |
| high: | 1.70 m |
| parents: | Mohra Gavankar, Peter Gavankar |
| Brothers and sisters: | Sonia Gavankar |
| Husband • Spouse: | unmarried |
| Boyfriend and partner: | Angelo Sotira (front), Ben Affleck (rum) |
| Children: | not applicable |
| Profession: | Actress • Musician |
| net worth: | $200,000 |
early life
Janina Zione Gavankar was born in Joliet, Illinois to Shan-de-Mohra (Mohra Gavankar) from Poonam, Andhra Pradesh. She is a celebrity who immigrated to the United States from India.
Janina Gavankar is half Indian and half Dutch. Her father, Pete Gavankar, is an engineer from Mumbai who immigrated to the United States to pursue his master’s degree.
She has a sibling named Sonya Gavankar who is a television personality and director.
educate
Janina Gavankar majored in Theatre Performance at the prestigious University of Illinois at Chicago.
Profession
Janina Gavankar has appeared in theatre, film, television and online roles. Her most notable roles include Iden Versio, the classic Star Wars character and protagonist of Star Wars Battlefront II, Luna Garza, the shapeshifter in True Blood, Papi in The L Word, Ms. Dewey, the embodiment of Microsoft’s real-time search engine, and Shiva, the namesake of the much-coveted trophy in Alliance. She appears regularly in Funny or Die Shorts.
In 2006, Janina Gavankar joined the cast of The L Word as a series regular and filmed all of Ms. Dewey’s scenes. In 2007, she starred in the CW pilot Dash 4 Cash. In 2008, she appeared in the TV series Stargate: Atlantis, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, My Boys, and Factory.
In 2009, she appeared in several television series such as The Cleaners, A Dollhouse, Three Rivers, and The League, as well as independent films such as The Men, The Bourne Supremacy, Indian Gangs, and Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey.
Janina Gavankar voiced Nikki in Quantum Quest. She starred in ABC’s now-cancelled The Gates. She played a discipline officer and the brief girlfriend of Oliver Queen on The CW’s Arrow.
She is a recognized gamer, having starred in and co-hosted G4 TV’s Attack of the Show! and Epileptic Gaming’s Up All Night, where she also helped review Rock Band, Burnout Paradise, and Army of Two.
In 2011, she became a series regular on the HBO series True Blood, playing Luna Garza, a public school teacher and shapeshifter who develops a romantic relationship with one of the show’s main characters.
Janina Gavankar’s independent film Love Satellite premiered at a packed Dallas International Film Festival in 2012 and her 2012 independent film I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf is currently in post-production.
On December 20, 2012, she was the last interviewee on the now-canceled Attack of the Show! on G4.
On August 3, 2013, Janina Gavankar played the witch Qetsiyah in the fifth season of The Vampire Diaries. She guest-starred in the third season of Husbands.
In 2014, she played the role of Amita in the video game Far Cry 4. She also played the role of Detective Meredith Bose in the series The Mysteries of Laura from 2014 to 2016.
She plays Iden Versio, the protagonist in the campaign mode of the 2017 Electronic Arts video game Star Wars Battlefront II.
In 2018, she starred in two films. Blindspot premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and The Vanishing of Sidney Hall was distributed by A24.
In late 2019, Janina Gavankar played a supporting role in the new Apple TV+ series The Morning Show.
Music career
Janina Gavankar returns to singing with a cover of Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown” after her former girl group Endera signed to Cash Money Records and Universal Music.
She has collaborated with Pratichee Mohapatra and Navraj Hans of Viva and The Deep on a song called Tell Me What in India. Her songs have been licensed for films and television and she sings and plays the marimba on film soundtracks.
Janina Gavankar appeared in the music video “Wish I Could” by Russian artist Ella Leya, and also in the music video for the single “Float Away” by San Francisco band Recliner, and in the music video for Manu Narayan’s band Darunam.
In August 2012, Janina Gavankar released “Waiting for Godot,” a single from her upcoming EP, and in November, Billboard premiered the official music video. The video went on to win numerous festival awards.
While in high school, Janina Gavankar auditioned for the front row of the Phantom Corps Drum and Bugle Corps in Rockford, Ill. Before she learned if she had been selected for the corps, she was accepted into and accepted into the Yale School of Drama’s summer camp.
With the help of Drum Corps International, Janina Gavankar connected with the Jersey Surf Drum Corps and arranger Colin Bell. She and fifty members of the Jersey Surf Corps entered a New York studio to record the music video, “Don’t Look Down- #JustAddDrumCorps Edition”, which was released in April 2015.
Awards
In 2008, Janina Gavankar was nominated for the Asian Excellence Award. In 2012, she received the Gravity Summit Social Media Excellence Award.
Janina Gavankar was the first actress to use Twitter, signing up in 2006 on Richard Branson’s computer on Necker Island.
She is the embodiment of Ms. Dewey, Microsoft’s interactive search engine.
The American actress always seems to be busy. However, she is very active on many social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
- Instagram: @janina
- Twitter: @JaninaGavankar.
- Facebook: Janina Gavankar.
Personal life
Janina Gavankar is admired for her impressive dressing style. She is a beautiful actress with a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 meters) and a weight of 59 kg (130 pounds).
The American superstar has a sexy banana body with measurements of 34-24-35 inches; bra size is 34B, waist is 24 inches and hips are 35 inches.
Other impressive features include her beautiful brown eyes and long brown hair. However, she is yet to get any tattoos on her lovely skin.
Regarding her relationship story, Janina Gavankar was in a long-term relationship with Angelo Sotira from 2004 to 2010. The two have not revealed the reason for their breakup, and since then, there have been rumors that Janina is in a relationship with Ben Affleck.
She loves the paranormal. Janina Gavankar’s favorite paranormal show is Battlestar Galactica. She is obsessed with great designs from fashion to furniture.
Her favorite treat is freeze-dried apple crisp.
net worth
Janina Gavankar’s net worth is approximately $500,000. This American actress has acted in many hit movies and is considered one of the best actresses.
Filmography
movie
- 2001 Why God… Played Mina
- 2003 as Kaya
- 2004 Barbershop 2: Return to work as a field reporter
- 2005 Just One Melody
- 2005 My Blood Cup as Iona
- 2008 Broken! as Maria
- 2009 Gangsters of India as Geeta
- 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Niki (voice)
- 2010 The Man Who Moved Me Back as Cece Twain
- 2011 Custom Mary as Ms. Rime
- 2011 Win or Die as Selah
- 2012 Love Satellite as Michelle
- 2013 Who’s Afraid of the Vagina Wolf? as Katia Amour / The Stud
- 2013 Carl Brandt’s Final Hours as Detective Hostetler
- 2014 Code Academy as Madame Counselor
- 2014 Think Like a Man as Vanessa
- Pee-wee’s Big Festival 2016
- 2017 Sidney Vanishes as Gina Hall
- 2018 Blindspot as Val
- 2018 White Orchid as Tina
- 2020 The Way Back Angela
- 2020 Plaster “J”
- 2021 Encounter as Piya
- TBA Cortex as Sama
- Commander Knoxx in Borderlands
TV Shows
- 2004 “Strong Medicine” as Nurse Juni (Episode: “Omission”)
- 2007–2009 The L Word as Eva ‘Papi’ Torres
- 2008 My Boys as Terri (TV series: “The Switch”)
- 2008 Factory Laura
- 2008 Stargate: Atlantis as Sergeant ‘Dusty’ Mehra (episode: “Whispers”)
- 2008 Grey’s Anatomy played intern Lisa (episodes: “There’s No ‘I’ in the Team” and “Life During War”)
- 2009 NCIS as Angela Lopez (TV series: “Caged”)
- 2009 Dollhouse as Lynn (Episode: “Epitaph 1”)
- 2009 “The Cleaner” as Usha Patel (TV series: “The Projectionist”, “The Magic Candle”)
- 2009 Three Rivers as Ada Rahimi (TV series: “The Land of Life”)
- 2009–2015 Alliance as Shivakamini Somakandarkram
- 2010 The Gate as Leigh Turner
- 2011 Traffic Light as Alexa
- 2011–2013 True Blood as Luna Garza (seasons 4–5), (season 6)
- 2012 “Ex” as Kerry (TV series: “Dinner with Phil”)
- 2012 Choke Kick Girl: The Series as Katie (Episode: “Iron Fists, Knees, Guillotines, Demons”)
- 2013 Love is Dead as Marisol Rajagopal
- 2013 Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall (4 episodes)
- 2013 Goodwin Game as Hannah (Episode: “The Birds of Granby”)
- 2013 Face the Reality as Ava
- 2013 Husband as Kajal (episode: “I Dream of Cleaning”)
- 2013 The Vampire Diaries as Qetsiyah / Tessa (Season 5)
- 2014 Nikki & Norah: The N&N Files as Lea Sadina
- 2014 Garfunkel and Oates as Dr. Sharma (episode: “The Third Member”)
- 2014–2016 The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose
- 2015 Our History as Sabrina
- 2017 Sleepy Hollow as Diana Thomas (Season 4)
- 2018 Guest dinner on Hell’s Kitchen; (Episode: “Celebrity Heats Up Hell”)
- Daddy Issues 2018
- 2019 You’re the Worst as Rachel (Episode: “Zero Eggplant”)
- 2019 Better Things as Nikki (Episodes: “Holding”, “Monsters in the Moonlight”)
- 2019-Present Alison Namazi on The Morning Show
- 2020 Echoes Mel Goodwin plays the lead role
- 2020 Space Force as Hannah Howard (Episode: “EDISON JAYMES”)
- 2020-present Strong as Kensington (voice)
- 2021-Present Big Sky Ren
Video Games
- 2014 Far Cry 4 Amita voice acting
- 2017 Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Tatai voiceover, DLC for the original game
- 2017 Star Wars Battlefront II as Iden Versio Voice acting, portrait and motion capture
- 2019 Yu Yun as Lola Voice
- 2022 Appointed as the Voice of Tanta Sila.
