Luna Lauren Vélez
Born: 1964-11-02 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2027
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Rio Morales (voice)
2023
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Rio Morales (voice)
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Breanna Diaz
- 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
- Ana as Camila
- Swallow as Lucy
2019
- Shaft as Bennie Rodriguez
- Windows on the World as Eva
2018
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Rio Morales (voice)
- The First Purge as Luisa
2016
- MacGyver as Cassandra Glover
- America Adrift as Cecilia Fernandez
- Officer Downe as Police Chief Berringer
2015
- South of Hell as Tetra
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as Soraya Hargrove
- Madam Secretary as Natalia Moreno
2012
- Elementary as Zoe Mercado
2011
- Unforgettable as Aisha Conway
- Rosewood Lane as Paula Crenshaw
2010
- Blue Bloods as Special agent Veronica Molina
2009
- Sugar Pathways as Narrator
2006
- Dexter as Maria LaGuerta
- Ugly Betty as Elena
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lois Melago
- Prison Song as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
- Starwater
- Love and Treason as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
2000
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Vanessa Burke
- Prince of Central Park as Rosa Sanchez
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Defense Attorney Shamal
1998
- Thicker Than Blood as Camilla Lopez
- The LaMastas
1997
- Oz as Dr. Gloria Nathan
- I Think I Do as Carol
1996
- The Pretender as Emily Sadler
- Profiler as Emily Sadler
- City Hall as Elaine Santos
1994
- New York Undercover as Nina Moreno
- I Like It Like That as Lisette Linares
1990
- Law & Order as Ms. Torres