JANINA GAVANKAR

'Janina Gavankar' (born November 29, 1980 in Joliet, Illinois Interview With The L Word's Janina Gavankar Shauna Swartz ) is an American actress and musician of Indian and Dutch descent. Gavankar is a classically trained pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. Ask Janina Bernie Nguyen She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.^[1]
Musically, she used to be in Endera, a group signed to Universal Records. ^[2] She also collaborated on a project for a song called "Tell Me What" in India with Pratichee Mohapatra of Viva, Deep, and Navraaz
Gavankar has appeared in theatre, commercials, short films, independent films, as well as ''Barbershop'' and its sequel, ''.
Gavankar was featured in the San Francisco band Recliner's music video for their single "Float Away".
Gavankar's most notable roles are that of Papi, a promiscuous lesbian in ''The L Word'', and Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who comments about the user's searches.
As of 2004, she is in a relationship with Angelo Sotira, the CEO of deviantART.^[3]

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Filmography

References

External links

Filmography

★ ''Why Is God'' (2001)

★ ''Barbershop'' (2002)

★ ''Dark'' (2003)

★ '' (2004)

★ ''Cup of My Blood'' (2005)

★ ''The L Word'' (TV series, 2007)

★ ''Bull Run'' (2006)

★ ''Ms. Dewey'' (2006)

References

1. Recent Grads Find Success
2. [1]
3. Kirkpatrick, David (Dec. 11, 2006). "Rich Geeks in Paradise", pp. 26–28. ''FORTUNE''.

External links

★ Official website

★ Ms Dewey search engine review, pictures

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★ Her rediff interview on September 7th 2007