Luna Lauren Velez
Nov 02, 1964 (60 years old) in
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress. Her most notable television roles are as María LaGuerta on Showtime's Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, Dr. Gloria Nathan on HBO's prison drama Oz, and Elena on ABC's comedy-drama Ugly Betty. She also starred as Rio Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lauren Vélez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2027 · Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Rio Morales (voice)
- 2023 · Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Breanna Diaz
- 2023 · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Rio Morales (voice)
- 2023 · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie as Self
- 2022 · East New York as Tamika Martin
- 2021 · Rogue Hostage as Sunshine
- 2020 · Power Book II: Ghost as Evelyn Castillo
- 2020 · Swallow as Lucy
- 2020 · Ana as Camila
- 2019 · Shaft as Bennie Rodriguez
- 2019 · Windows on the World as Eva
- 2018 · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Rio Morales (voice)
- 2018 · The First Purge as Luisa
- 2016 · Officer Downe as Police Chief Berringer
- 2016 · America Adrift as Cecilia Fernandez
- 2016 · MacGyver as Cassandra Glover
- 2015 · South of Hell as Tetra
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Soraya Hargrove
- 2012 · Elementary as Zoe Mercado
- 2011 · Rosewood Lane as Paula Crenshaw
- 2011 · Unforgettable as Aisha Conway
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Special agent Veronica Molina
- 2009 · Sugar Pathways as Narrator
- 2006 · Dexter as Maria LaGuerta
- 2006 · Ugly Betty as Elena
- 2005 · Wanted as Faye Templeton
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2005 · Medium as Elena Cabrera
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lois Melago
- 2001 · Prison Song as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
- 2001 · Love and Treason as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
- 2001 · Starwater as
- 2000 · Prince of Central Park as Rosa Sanchez
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Dr. Vanessa Burke
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Defense Attorney Shamal
- 1998 · Thicker Than Blood as Camilla Lopez
- 1998 · The LaMastas as
- 1997 · Oz as Dr. Gloria Nathan
- 1997 · I Think I Do as Carol
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 1996 · The Pretender as Emily Sadler
- 1996 · City Hall as Elaine Santos
- 1994 · I Like It Like That as Lisette Linares
- 1994 · New York Undercover as Nina Moreno
- 1990 · Law & Order as Ms. Torres
- 2025 · Dexter as María LaGuerta