True Blood's Janina Gavankar Joins Fox Sitcom

Sadie Gennis

August 22, 2012 at 9:25 AM

Janina Gavankar | Photo Credits: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

True Blood star Janina Gavankar is joining Fox's upcoming comedy The Goodwin Games, TV Line reports.

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Gavankar, who plays Sam's (Sam Trammell) girlfriend Luna on the HBO drama, will play Hannah, the ex-girlfriend and mother of T.J. Miller's character on the new sitcom.

The actress will join fellow True Blood actor Scott Foley and Becki Newton in series.

The Goodwin Games premieres midseason on Fox.

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