Luna Lauren Vélez
Birthday
1964/11/02 (61 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Lauren Luna Vélez, Luna Velez, Lauren Vélez, לונה ולז, Λούνα Βέλεζ, Λόρεν Βέλεζ, لونا لورن ولز
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.
Acting
(2001) Starwater
as ---
(1994) I Like It Like That
as Lisette Linares
(1997) I Think I Do
as Carol
(2027) Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
(2023) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
(2011) Rosewood Lane
as Paula Crenshaw
(2000) Prince of Central Park
as Rosa Sanchez
(1998) Thicker Than Blood
as Camilla Lopez
(2016) Officer Downe
as Police Chief Berringer
(2009) Sugar Pathways
as Narrator
(2018) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
(2018) The First Purge
as Luisa
(1996) City Hall
as Elaine Santos
(1998) The LaMastas
as ---
(2019) Shaft
as Bennie Rodriguez
(2016) America Adrift
as Cecilia Fernandez
(2019) Windows on the World
as Eva
(2020) Ana
as Camila
(2001) Love and Treason
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
(2020) Swallow
as Lucy
(2021) Rogue Hostage
as Sunshine
(2023) Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Breanna Diaz
(2001) Prison Song
as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
(2023) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
as Self
(2005) Medium
as Elena Cabrera
(2005) Numb3rs
as Claudia Gomez
(1996) The Pretender
as Emily Sadler
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Defense Attorney Shamal
(1996) Profiler
as Emily Sadler
(1994) New York Undercover
as Nina Moreno
(2016) MacGyver
as Cassandra Glover
(2006) Ugly Betty
as Elena
(2006) Dexter
as Maria LaGuerta
(1997) Oz
as Dr. Gloria Nathan
(1990) Law & Order
as Ms. Torres
(2020) Power Book II: Ghost
as Evelyn Castillo
(2014) How to Get Away with Murder
as Soraya Hargrove
(2011) Unforgettable
as Aisha Conway
(2012) Elementary
as Zoe Mercado
(2005) Wanted
as Faye Templeton
(2000) Strong Medicine
as Dr. Vanessa Burke
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lois Melago
(2010) Blue Bloods
as Special agent Veronica Molina
(2015) South of Hell
as Tetra
(2022) East New York
as Tamika Martin
(2014) Madam Secretary
as Natalia Moreno