Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-11-02 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Lauren Luna Vélez
Luna Velez
Lauren Vélez
לונה ולז
Λούνα Βέλεζ
Λόρεν Βέλεζ
لونا لورن ولز
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.
2001
1994
as Lisette Linares
1997
as Carol
2027
as Rio Morales (voice)
2023
as Rio Morales (voice)
2011
as Paula Crenshaw
2000
as Rosa Sanchez
1998
as Camilla Lopez
2016
as Police Chief Berringer
2009
as Narrator
2018
as Rio Morales (voice)
2018
as Luisa
1996
as Elaine Santos
1998
2019
as Bennie Rodriguez
2016
as Cecilia Fernandez
2019
as Eva
2020
as Camila
2001
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
2020
as Lucy
2021
as Sunshine
2023
as Breanna Diaz
2001
as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
2016
as Producer
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