Luna Lauren Velez

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-11-02 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Luna Lauren Velez

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

1994

I Like It Like That

as Lisette Linares

1997

I Think I Do

as Carol

2027

2023

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

1996

City Hall

as Elaine Santos

2019

Shaft

as Bennie Rodriguez

2016

America Adrift

as Cecilia Fernandez

2020

Ana

as Camila

2001

Love and Treason

as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)

2020

Swallow

as Lucy

2021

Rogue Hostage

as Sunshine

2001

Prison Song

as Prison Counselor (uncredited)

Production

2016

America Adrift

as Producer

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