Janina Gavankar - Wikipedia. Janina Gavankar. Gavankar in 2. Born. Janina Zione Gavankar(1. November 2. 9, 1. Joliet, Illinois, U. S. Occupation. Actress, musician. Years active. 20.

Janina Zione Gavankar (; born November 2. American actress known for her role as the voice of FERO, one of main protagonists in the Halo 5: Guardians promotional event, Hunt The Truth. Gavankar is also trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist.[4] She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[5][6]Gavankar's roles include Papi, a lesbian lothario in The L Word; Leigh Turner, a cop with a big secret on The Gates; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who comments about the user's searches; Shiva, the namesake of the sought after trophy on The League; shapeshifter Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood; Mc. Kenna Hall on The CW's Arrow; and Meredith Bose on NBC's The Mysteries of Laura. She also played Diana Thomas on FOX's supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow. Personal life[edit]Gavankar was born in Joliet, Illinois to Peter Ganesh and Mohra Gavankar.

Her father was an engineer from Pune, Maharashtra, who first traveled to the United States to pursue a master's degree. Her mother, Shan- de- Mohra, emigrated to the United States from India.

Her mother is half- Indian and half- Dutch.[7]Gavankar has acted in theatre, film, television, and online. Her most notable roles include Papi in The L Word; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft live search engine; Shiva, the namesake of the sought after trophy on The League; and, most recently, as a shapeshifter, Luna Garza, on HBO's True Blood. She regularly appears in Funny or Die shorts.[8]In 2. The L Word as a series regular, and shot all of the clips used for Ms.

Dewey. In 2. 00. 7, she landed a lead in CW pilot Dash 4 Cash.[9] In 2. Watch Earth Girls Are Easy Dailymotion here. Gavankar appeared in TV series Stargate Atlantis, Grey's Anatomy and NCIS, My Boys, and Factory.

In 2. 00. 9, she appeared in the TV shows The Cleaner, Dollhouse, Three Rivers, and The League, as well as indie movies Men, Interrupted, Indian Gangster, and Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey. Gavankar played the voice of Nikki in Quantum Quest.

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She landed a lead role in The Gates, since cancelled, on ABC.[1. She appears on CW's Arrow as a vice squad police officer and former flame to Oliver Queen.

Gavankar is an admitted gamer[1. G4 TV's. Attack of the Show!, Epileptic Gaming's Up All Night, where she helped review Rock Band, Burnout Paradise, and Army of Two.[1. In 2. 01. 1 Gavankar became a series regular in HBO's True Blood as a public school teacher and shapeshifter, Luna Garza, who gets romantically involved with one of the main characters of the series.[1. Her indie movie, Satellite of Love,[1. Dallas International Film Festival in 2. I'm Afraid of Virginia Wolf is currently in post- production.[1.

On December 2. 0, 2. Gavankar was the last person interviewed for the now cancelled Attack of the Show! G4 TV.[citation needed]On August 3, 2.

Gavankar has acted in theatre, film, television, and online. Her most notable roles include Papi in The L Word; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft live. Mediagazer presents the day's must-read media news on a single page. Lisa Marie Presley is inching ever closer to speaking publicly about leaving Scientology. And yesterday, she seemed to take a pretty big move in that direction. In.

Gavankar landed a role as a witch named Qetsiyah in the fifth season of The Vampire Diaries.[1. She guest starred in the third season of Husbands.[1. In 2. 01. 4, she starred as Amita in the video game, Far Cry 4.[1. She also played Detective Meredith Bose on The Mysteries of Laura from 2. She will appear as Iden Versio, the main character in the campaign mode of the upcoming 2. Electronic Arts video game Star Wars Battlefront II.[citation needed]Gavankar returned to music with a cover of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown".[2.

Gavankar's former all female singing group, Endera, was signed to Cash Money Records. Universal Records.[2. She collaborated on a project for a song called "Tell Me What" in India with Pratichee Mohapatra of Viva, Deep, and Navraaz. She has had songs licensed to movies and television, and has sung and played marimba on film scores.

Gavankar was featured in Russian artist Ella Leya's music video for "Wish I Could",[2. San Francisco- based band Recliner for their single "Float Away",[2. Manu Narayan's band Darunam.[2. In August 2. 01. 2, she released the single for her upcoming EP, entitled Waiting for Godot,[2. November, Billboard premiered the official music video.[2.

It went on to win numerous film festival awards.[2. While in high school, Gavankar auditioned for the front ensemble of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockford, Illinois.

Before hearing whether she had made the corps, she was accepted for the Yale School of Drama's summer camp, and went there. I fell in love with drum corps when I was 1. Gavankar has stated, and remains a strong fan of the activity.

When she heard the Martin Garrix/Usher collaboration, "Don't Look Down", she had the idea of performing it as marching music. With assistance from Drum Corps International, she contacted the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps and arranger Colin Bell. She went into the studios in New York with fifty members of Jersey Surf and recorded the music video "Don't Look Down- #Just. Add. Drum. Corps Edition" that was released in April 2. On May 2. 0, 2. 01. Gavankar performed a percussion duet at Carnegie Hall with Questlove for the Best Buddies charity benefit.[3.

Technology[edit]Gavankar was the first actor to use Twitter, signing up on Richard Branson's computer on Necker Island in 2. Gavankar was the personification of Microsoft's interactive search engine Ms. Dewey.[3. 4] In 2.

Suits and Spooks Conference about how she discovered a solution for data challenges faced by actors through the use of open source tools.[3. In 2. 00. 8, Gavankar was nominated for an Asian Excellence Award.[3. In 2. 01. 2, Gavankar received the Gravity Summit Award for Excellence in Social Media.[3. Filmography[edit]References[edit]^"Janina Gavankar — Shape shifting Stunner". FHM. Archived from the original on 2.

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True Blood Promotes Jessica Tuck; Adds Three New Actresses". TVGuide. com. Retrieved November 2. Janina Gavankar on Comic- Con, Playing a Shapeshifter, and Why She'd Totally Love to Watch True Blood with You - Exclusive - True Blood". Wetpaint. com. 2. Retrieved 2. 01. 1- 0. Official Site of "Satellite of Love"". ^"IMDb page for "I'm Afraid of Virginia Wolf"". ^"‘True Blood’ Star Janina Gavankar Joins 'The Vampire Diaries'". The Inquisitr News. ^Raftery, Liz (August 1.

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Anokhi Sexy & Successful - Janina Gavankar". Anokhi Magazine. Retrieved 2. Ella Leya's "Wish I Could"". Youtube. com. 2. 01. Retrieved 2. 01. 1- 0. Recliner's "Float Away"".

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