Luna Lauren Vélez

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Known For

Acting

Born

1964-11-02

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Luna Lauren Vélez

Biography

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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Acting History

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
2014
Madam Secretary as Natalia Moreno
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 Claudia Gomez
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
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
1997
Oz as Dr. Gloria Nathan
1997
I Think I Do as Carol
1996
Profiler as Emily Sadler
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