Luna Lauren Velez
Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent and the twin sister of actress Lorraine Vélez. Her most notable roles are as Maria LaGuerta on Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, and Dr. Gloria Nathan on HBO's controversial jail drama, Oz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lauren Vélez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 2, 1964 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 42
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story 2023-06-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story | Rio Morales (voice) | 2023-06-12 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice) | 2023-05-31 |
| Movie | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Breanna Diaz | 2023-06-06 |
| Movie | Rogue Hostage | Sunshine | 2021-06-11 |
| Movie | Ana | Camila | 2020-01-03 |
| Series | Power Book II: Ghost | Evelyn Castillo | 2020-09-06 |
| Movie | Swallow | Lucy | 2020-01-15 |
| Movie | Windows on the World | Eva | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | Shaft | Bennie Rodriguez | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | The First Purge | Luisa | 2018-07-04 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice) | 2018-12-06 |
| Movie | Officer Downe | Police Chief Berringer | 2016-11-18 |
| Series | MacGyver | Cassandra Glover | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | America Adrift | Cecilia Fernandez | 2016-11-01 |
| Series | South of Hell | Tetra | 2015-11-27 |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Soraya Hargrove | 2014-09-25 |
| Series | Elementary | Zoe Mercado | 2012-09-27 |
| Series | Unforgettable | Aisha Conway | 2011-09-20 |
| Movie | Rosewood Lane | Paula Crenshaw | 2011-10-15 |
| Series | Blue Bloods | Special agent Veronica Molina | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Sugar Pathways | Narrator | 2009-06-09 |
| Series | Dexter | Maria LaGuerta | 2006-10-01 |
| Series | Ugly Betty | Elena | 2006-09-28 |
| Series | Medium | Elena Cabrera | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Series | Wanted | Faye Templeton | 2005-07-31 |
| Movie | Starwater | 2001-01-01 | |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Lois Melago | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Love and Treason | Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez) | 2001-03-07 |
| Movie | Prince of Central Park | Rosa Sanchez | 2000-09-22 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Defense Attorney Shamal | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Thicker Than Blood | Camilla Lopez | 1998-05-31 |
| Movie | The LaMastas | 1998-01-01 | |
| Movie | I Think I Do | Carol | 1997-06-20 |
| Series | Oz | Dr. Gloria Nathan | 1997-07-12 |
| Movie | City Hall | Elaine Santos | 1996-02-16 |
| Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
| Series | The Pretender | Emily Sadler | 1996-09-19 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Det. Nina Moreno | 1994-09-08 |
| Movie | I Like It Like That | Lisette Linares | 1994-10-14 |
| Series | Law & Order | Ms. Torres | 1990-09-13 |