Who plays Akshara in Never Have I Ever season 4? (Janina Gavankar age, Instagram, and more)

Never Have I Ever season 4 is the final season of the popular teen series, and it’s now available to stream on Netflix. In the fourth season, we meet a bunch of new characters. One of the characters introduced this season is Akshara, played by Janina Gavankar.

Akshara makes her first appearance in the fourth episode of the season. She’s a Princeton admission representative who attends the college fair at Sherman Oaks High. Devi tries to impress Akshara to better her chances of getting into the Ivy League school, but she gives a bad first impression. However, Devi does get the opportunity to redeem herself later in the episode.

We don’t want to spoil anything else that happens between Devi and Akshara in the fourth season, so you’ll have to watch it yourself. But we don’t mind sharing some information about the gifted actress behind the Akshara character.

Here’s everything there is to know about Janina Gavankar right below!

Janina Gavankar age

Janina Gavankar was born on Nov. 29, 1980, in Joliet, Illinois, to a father named Peter Ganesh Gavankar and a mother named Mohra Gavankar. In addition, she is 42 years old and her birth sign is Sagittarius.

Janina Gavankar height

Janina is reportedly 5 feet 7 inches tall. She also has short black hair and brown eyes.

Janina Gavankar Instagram

After watching Janina in Never Have I Ever season 4, I’m sure you will want to follow her on Instagram. No worries. We know just where you can find her on the social platform. You can find Janina at the handle @janina.

Since she’s been acting since the early 2000s, she’s built a considerable fanbase. As of June 9, she has 206k followers and over 2k photos on her Instagram page. So, go ahead and give Janina a follow if you like the content she posts.

Janina Gavankar movies and TV shows

Here are some of the movies and TV shows Janina has had roles in:

• The L Word as Papi (TV show – 2007-2009)
• The Gates as Leigh Turner (TV show – 2010)
• Traffic Light as Alexa (TV show – 2011)
• Arrow as Detective McKenna Hall (TV show – 2013)
• True Blood as Luna Garza (TV show – 2011-2013)
• The Vampire Diaries as Tessa (TV show – 2013)
• The League as Shiva (TV show – 2009-2015)
• The Mysteries of Laura as Meredith Bose (TV show – 2014-2016)
• Sleepy Hollow as Diana Thomas (TV show – 2017)
• The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as Meredith (TV show – 2022)
• Big Sky as Ren Bhullar (TV show – 2021-2022)
• The Morning Show as Alison Namazi (TV show – 2019- 2021)
• Think Like a Man Too as Vanessa (Movie – 2014)
• The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Gina (Movie – 2017)
• Blindspotting as Val (Movie – 2018)
• The Way Back as Angela (Movie – 2020)
• Encounter as Piya (Movie – 2021)

Who is Janina Gavankar dating in 2023?

It looks like Janina is single as of June 2023. She hasn’t publicly announced that she’s dating anyone, nor have there been any recent rumors about who she could be dating. We’ve even looked all over her Instagram page for any clues but came up empty. However, Janina could be dating someone in private.

She was previously in a long-term relationship with an American businessman named Angelo Sotira, but they parted ways sometime in 2010. She was also rumored to be dating TV personality Simon Cowell in 2012 and actor Ben Affleck in 2018. However, nothing was ever confirmed.

Janina Gavankar fun facts

Here are some fun facts about Janina:

• Janina is a close, longtime friend of Meghan Markle.
• Janina was one of the first people to join Twitter.
• Janina is multitalented. She can sing and plays a number of instruments. One of the song covers she did was Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown.”
• Janina was in an all-female singing group called Endera and was signed to Cash Money Records.
• Janina is a gamer. She also starred in the video games “Star Wars: Battlefront II,” “Far Cry 4,” “After Party,” “Hunt the Truth,” “Horizon Zero Dawn,” and “Forspoken.”

Watch Janina Gavankar as Princeton rep Akshara in Never Have I Ever season 4, streaming now on Netflix.