Janina Gavankar
Also Known As: جانینا گاوانکار
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Birthday: November 29, 1980
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Gender: Female
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Norman Pinski Come Home
Overview: Finding oneself can take a lifetime. For Norman Pinski it's gonna take a little longer.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-02
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Encounter
Overview: A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-03
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Cup of My Blood
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-08-30
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Satellite of Love
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-05
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Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Overview: After turning 40, filmmaker Anna confronts her future. She has no job and it's been ten years since her last girlfriend. No goals, plans or any idea of what she wants. And she's living in a garage. Just when she's about to give up, she meets Katia, who inspires her to set out on a new path of creativity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-19
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The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-18
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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Overview: Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of the Void, only Dave does not know exactly what he must do or even where the Cassini Space craft is or what it is. The forces of the Void must destroy Cassini before it sends its great discoveries back to Earth and Dave is the only thing that stands between them and victory.
Genres: Family Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Cortex
Overview: Thriller by Ralph Soll.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Overview: A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-15
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FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-06
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Think Like a Man Too
Overview: All the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-20
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Overview: Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-02
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Shattered!
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The White Orchid
Overview: A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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Blindspotting
Overview: Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-20
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The Way Back
Overview: A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-05
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This Is Christmas
Overview: 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
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Dark
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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Stucco
Overview: An agoraphobic woman notices a strange hole growing in a wall of her home as she fights off a growing illness.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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The Custom Mary
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-15
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Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Overview: Illustrates and explains how the 2018 film Blindspotting was created. Features interviews with all involved in the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-20
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Overview: The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his business. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom & pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-20
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Barbershop
Overview: A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-01
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Borderlands
Overview: Returning to her home planet, an infamous bounty hunter forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle monsters and dangerous bandits to protect a young girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-07
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