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Janina Gavankar

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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Born:
Nov 29, 1980 In Joliet, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie Cortex
Latest Project:
Movie Borderlands 2024-08-07
Known For
Filmography
Movie Cortex Sama 2025
Movie Borderlands Knoxx 2024-08-07
Movie Encounter Piya 2021-12-03
Movie The Way Back Angela 2020-03-05
Movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Additional Voices 2019-12-18
Movie The White Orchid Tina 2018-02-01
Movie Blindspotting Val 2018-07-20
Movie The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Gina 2018-03-02
Movie Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting Self 2018-11-20
Movie This Is Christmas 2017-12-01
Movie Pee-wee's Big Holiday Party Guest 2016-03-15
Movie FUTURESTATES: Code Academy Madame Counselor 2014-04-06
Series The Mysteries of Laura Meredith Bose 2014-09-17
Movie Think Like a Man Too Vanessa Martinez 2014-06-20
Movie Satellite of Love Michelle 2013-03-05
Movie The Final Moments of Karl Brant Detective Hostetler 2013-07-18
Movie Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? Katia 2013-07-19
Series Sleepy Hollow Diana Thomas 2013-09-16
Movie The Custom Mary Ms. Rime 2011-08-15
Movie Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Nikki (voice) 2010-09-17
Series The Gates Leigh Turner 2010-06-20
Movie Shattered! Maria 2008-01-01
Movie Cup of My Blood Iona 2005-08-30
Movie Barbershop 2: Back in Business Field Reporter 2004-01-20
Movie Barbershop Fine Woman 2002-04-01