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Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar

Birthday: 1980-11-29 | Place of Birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Encounter

as    Piya

2020
The Way Back

as    Angela

2018
2018
Blindspotting

as    Val

2014
The Mysteries of Laura

as    Meredith Bose

2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant

as    Detective Hostetler

2013
Sleepy Hollow

as    Diana Thomas

2013
Satellite of Love

as    Michelle

2010
The Gates

as    Leigh Turner

2005
Cup of My Blood

as    Iona