Luna Lauren Vélez
Acting
Born November 2, 1964, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
- 2027Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse — Rio Morales (voice)
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Rio Morales (voice)
- 2023Transformers: Rise of the Beasts — Breanna Diaz
- East New York — Tamika Martin
- 2021Rogue Hostage — Sunshine
- 2020Ana — Camila
- Power Book II: Ghost — Evelyn Castillo
- 2020Swallow — Lucy
- 2019Shaft — Bennie Rodriguez
- 2019Windows on the World — Eva
- 2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Rio Morales (voice)
- 2018The First Purge — Luisa
- 2016America Adrift — Cecilia Fernandez, Producer
- MacGyver — Cassandra Glover
- 2016Officer Downe — Police Chief Berringer
- South of Hell — Tetra
- How to Get Away with Murder — Soraya Hargrove
- Madam Secretary — Natalia Moreno
- Elementary — Zoe Mercado
- 2011Rosewood Lane — Paula Crenshaw
- Unforgettable — Aisha Conway
- Blue Bloods — Special agent Veronica Molina
- 2009Sugar Pathways — Narrator
- Dexter — Maria LaGuerta
- 2006Serial — Roseanne Crystal
- Ugly Betty — Elena
- Medium — Elena Cabrera
- Numb3rs — Claudia Gomez
- Wanted — Faye Templeton
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Lois Melago
- 2001Love and Treason — Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
- 2001Prison Song — Prison Counselor (uncredited)
- 2001Starwater
- 2000Prince of Central Park — Rosa Sanchez
- Strong Medicine — Dr. Vanessa Burke
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Defense Attorney Shamal
- 1998The LaMastas
- 1998Thicker Than Blood — Camilla Lopez
- 1997I Think I Do — Carol
- Oz — Dr. Gloria Nathan
- 1996City Hall — Elaine Santos
- Profiler — Emily Sadler
- The Pretender — Emily Sadler
- 1994I Like It Like That — Lisette Linares
- New York Undercover — Nina Moreno
- Law & Order — Ms. Torres
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie — Self
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: "I'mma Do My Own Thing" - Interdimensional Destiny — Self
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast — Self