Janina Gavankar

Janina Gavankar

Nacimiento : 1980-11-29, Joliet, Illinois, USA

Historia

Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. Gavankar is trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Gavankar's roles include a police officer on The Gates; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who commented on the user's searches; Shiva, the namesake of the sought-after trophy on The League; shapeshifter Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood; McKenna 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janina Gavankar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Janina Gavankar
Janina Gavankar

Películas

El encuentro
Piya
Riz Ahmed interpreta a Malik Khan, un exmarine que, después de varios viajes a zonas de guerra, vuelve a casa y se entera de un siniestro secreto: una especie alienígena de insectos se está apoderando de los cuerpos de las personas con apariencia normal.
El camino de regreso
Angela
Una antigua estrella del baloncesto caída en desgracia y sumido en el terrible mundo de las adicciones trata de volver al sendero correcto como entrenador de un equipo de instituto cuya mayor peculiaridad es estar compuesto por un variopinto grupo de estudiantes.
Stucco
Executive Producer
An agoraphobic woman notices a strange hole growing in a wall of her home as she fights off a growing illness.
Stucco
Writer
An agoraphobic woman notices a strange hole growing in a wall of her home as she fights off a growing illness.
Stucco
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An agoraphobic woman notices a strange hole growing in a wall of her home as she fights off a growing illness.
Stucco
Director
An agoraphobic woman notices a strange hole growing in a wall of her home as she fights off a growing illness.
Punto ciego
Val
Collin está en los últimos días de libertad condicional. Siempre a su lado está su mejor amigo, Miles, que tiene un don para buscar problemas. Cuando la oportunidad de Collin de empezar de cero se ve interrumpida por un toque de queda que pierde, su amistad con Miles será puesta a prueba.
La desaparición de Sidney Hall
Gina
El joven escritor Sidney Hall escribe un libro que definió a su generación y le hizo mundialmente famoso. Pero la fama amenaza con destruirle y más tarde desaparece sin dejar rastro. El declive de su carrera profesional se aprecia a medida que van pasando los años y este largometraje lo muestra a través de sus dieciocho, veinticuatro y treinta años.
The White Orchid
Tina
Una tímida investigadora asume la identidad de una víctima de asesinato de un pueblo pequeño para resolver su espantosa muerte.
This Is Christmas
Christmas is approaching, and best friends Harry, Jordan, Ben, and Dennis are at their annual get together before the holidays. As they share stories of their past year, it is clear they all still have a lot of growing to do. Jimmy struggles with an unhappy marriage and an ill-timed affair with his daughter's 17 year old babysitter. Meanwhile, his best friend Jordan splits from his partner, Steve, only to discover he may not be the biological father of their daughter. Harry struggles with an estranged relationship with his father and his ex-wife. But everything turns into total chaos when Ben loses custody of his son and decides kidnapping is the only way to save his family. Now these friends must come together and do the right thing, proving family and friendship is what is most important. With an all star ensemble cast, "This Is Christmas" is perfect for the holidays. -- from WowNow Entertainment
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Party Guest
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday es una road movie que sigue el fatídico y misterioso encuentro que inspira a Pee-wee para comenzar su primer día de vacaciones. Una historia que se convierte en una situación de amistad, épica y marcada por el destino.
En qué piensan los hombres 2
Vanessa
Todas las parejas se reencuentran para una boda en Las Vegas, pero los planes de un fin de semana romántico se tuercen cuando distintas casualidades los ponen en situaciones comprometedoras que amenazan con estropear el gran evento.
En qué piensan los hombres 2
Vanessa Martinez
Todas las parejas se reencuentran para una boda en Las Vegas, pero los planes de un fin de semana romántico se tuercen cuando distintas casualidades los ponen en situaciones comprometedoras que amenazan con estropear el gran evento.
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Madame Counselor
In the future, the gender disparity gap was addressed with a radical idea: keep boys and girls physically separate until the age of eighteen. In this society, The Equal Futures Academy for Girls and the Equal Futures Academy for Boys were formed to re-educate the two genders without the inherent biases of society. The Equal Futures Academy propels more girls into the arena of captains of technology than any other school in the world. Frankie, Libby and Sheridan of the Girls Who Code are a premiere coterie of students with brains, beauty and binary bravado. The expert hackers have found a way to interact with the boys from their sister school and trouble ensues. Code Academy is a peek into the inner world of adolescence, gender identity formation and the role of cyber space in this tumultuous time of growth.
¿Quién teme a Vagina Wolf?
Katia
En su cuadragésimo cumpleaños, Anna, directora de cine, vuelve a redactar su inmutable lista de propósitos: perder diez kilos, conseguir una novia y dirigir una película. Este año, Anna planea cumplir (al menos) dos de sus propósitos de un sólo tiro, pues comienza a escribir un 'remake' lésbico de '¿Quién teme a Virginia Woolf?', ideado para ganarse el afecto de su protagonista, Katia. Junto a Anna y su enamorada, se suman el elenco sus dos mejores amigas, Penélope y Chloe. Por desgracia, el plan no resulta del todo bien, cuando sus egos comienzan a chocar y comienzan a acostarse entre ellas. ¿Volverá Anna a cumplir otro año sin lograr ninguno de sus propósitos? (FILMAFFINITY)
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Detective Hostetler
Set in the near future where experimental technology allows two detectives to bring a murder victim back to life in a digital state in order to question him about his final moments.
Satellite of Love
Michelle
Catherine and Blake just tied the knot. Samuel and Catherine have a long and intimate history which is significant to the fact that Samuel and Blake are best friends. When Samuel decides not to attend their wedding under some pretense that no one believes, he invites the newlyweds to Nadi Vineyards for a week-long party in paradise to make up for his absence. Records spin, wine flows, and bottles pile up. What unfolds over the course of this week will rearrange the geometry of Samuel, Catherine, and Blake's relationships and test the boundaries of their complicated, revolving love for one another.
The Custom Mary
Ms. Rime
Searching for purpose and meaning in the world, a young Latina in East Los Angeles becomes dangerously involved with a storefront church where a young minister enthralls her. At the same time, she meets Joe, a self-empowered African-American low-rider mechanic. Mary, struggling to reconcile her faith and her blossoming love affair with Joe, is pulled into a group from the church who believes they can clone Jesus, with Mary's help.
Shattered!
Maria
FIVE MEN - FIVE SHATTERED LIVES: JIMMY struggles with his girlfriend, Dina, when she runs away, half naked, in the middle of night, accusing him of molesting her. DENNIS, desperate and unhappy in his marriage, has an ill-timed affair with his daughter's 17 year old babysitter. JORDAN splits from his partner, Steve, only to discover he may not be the biological father of their daughter. HARRY, angered over his estranged relationship with his father and his ex-wife, loses it and abuses his girlfriend sadistically. BEN, after losing custody of his son because he viciously attacked his ex-wife's boyfriend in front of him, takes the law into his own hands and kidnaps his son. All five stories intersect as each man tries to salvage what is left of his life.
Cup of My Blood
Iona
The lonely artist Jack Fender still grieves the death of his beloved lover Tina three years ago. He lost his inspiration and his faith in God and presently he is taking pornographic pictures for the mobster Sparky and his partner Limpy for a pornographic site managed by Nibbles and Scooter under the protest of his agent and friend Alex. When Jack witnesses a car accident in his neighborhood, the wounded passenger gives a box to Jack, asking him to protect and never open it, and he discovers that he is protecting the Holy Grail. From this moment on, weird things happen to Jack: visions, nightmares and the permanent sensation that strangers are watching him. While swimming late night in a club, Jack meets the sexy Iona and his inspiration returns but he also finds the hidden reality.
La barbería 2: Vuelta al negocio
Field Reporter
Calvin (Ice Cube) ha estado a punto de perder su negocio, una barbería que ha pasado por varias generaciones de su familia, debido a las deudas compiladas; sin embargo, un golpe de suerte ha paliado sus vicisitudes económicas y afortunadamente podrá mantener su barbería abierta por más tiempo. No obstante, la fatalidad parece estar de lado del empresario y, a pesar de haber vencido el riesgo mencionado, una nueva amenaza atenta contra su negocio. La zona donde está ubicada la barbería va a ser regenerada y se van a abrir numerosas franquicias de bares, peluquerías y demás clubes de ocio, con lo que los negocios familiares del lugar corren peligro. A Calvin solo le queda ahora confiar en sus clientes y en el afecto que estos prodigan a su barbería, donde el corte de pelo se convierte en un servicio más, pues en realidad los asiduos a su negocio encuentran aquí un espacio donde desahogar sus penas y alegrías.
Dark
Kaya
Dark, the debut feature film of up-and-coming Chicago-based indie filmmaker Darryl Bullock, became an official selection at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival, and American Black Film Festival, and receives its first home video release from Cheeseburger Films. It tells the story of one Dark Freeman (Jason Bonner), a young African American man who finds himself torn between his tough urban roots - living as a resident on the impoverished, crime-ridden south side of Chicago - and his day-to-day life, in the comparatively wealthy and privileged University of Chicago, where he is enrolled as a student. Walking between the two worlds, Freeman must find a way to succeed in both, with the help of lovers, family members, close friends and acquaintances.
La barbería
Fine Woman
Calvin ha heredado el negocio de su padre, y lo considera una carga y una absoluta perdida de tiempo. Tras vender la tienda a un usurero, Calvin comienza a valorar el legado de su padre y se da cuenta de que ha cometido el mayor error de su vida. La Barbería envuelve a un grupo de personajes eclécticos y divertidos que comparten sus historias, chistes y aflicciones. Encontramos a Eddie, un viejo barbero con una fuerte personalidad y ningún cliente. Jimmy, con un alto nivel de educación y un gran complejo de superioridad que no le permite soportar a Isaac, el nuevo barbero de raza blanca cuya única obsesión es que le den la oportunidad de cortar el pelo a alguien. Ricky es un ex-convicto con dos condenas a su espalda que intenta desesperadamente rehacer su vida de forma correcta. Terry es una mujer que a pesar de sus esfuerzos es incapaz de abandonar a su novio infiel. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cortex
Sama
Thriller by Ralph Soll.
Borderlands
Commander Knoxx
After returning to her home-planet Pandora, infamous outlaw, Lilith, is given a dangerous mission and forms an alliance (and potential friendship) with other criminals; including former mercenary Roland, demolitionst Tiny Tina and her protector Krieg, insane scientist Tannis, and the wisecracking robot Claptrap. The mission: find and protect the missing (and important) daughter of a very powerful man named Atlas. Although, things may not be as they seem, as the girl holds the key to great power, one that can change the fate of the entire universe.
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Illustrates and explains how the 2018 film Blindspotting was created. Features interviews with all involved in the film.