Biography
Janina Zione Gavankar is an American actress and musician. Born on 29 November 1980 in Joliet, Illinois, she trained as a pianist, vocalist and orchestral percussionist, and majored in theatre performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gavankar has appeared in numerous television series, including The L Word, True Blood (as Luna Garza), Arrow (as McKenna Hall), The Vampire Diaries (as Tessa) and Sleepy Hollow. Her film credits include The Way Back (2020) and Borderlands (2024), in which she plays Knoxx. She has also provided voice work for video games such as Star Wars: Battlefront II.
