
Luna Lauren Vélez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 2, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography

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Movie

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Rio Morales (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Rio Morales (voice)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Movie · as Breanna Diaz
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Movie · as Self

East New York
TV · as Tamika Martin · 4 eps

Rogue Hostage
Movie · as Sunshine

Ana
Movie · as Camila

Swallow
Movie · as Lucy

Power Book II: Ghost
TV · as Evelyn Castillo · 2 eps

Shaft
Movie · as Bennie Rodriguez

Windows on the World
Movie · as Eva

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Rio Morales (voice)

The First Purge
Movie · as Luisa

Officer Downe
Movie · as Police Chief Berringer

America Adrift
Movie · as Cecilia Fernandez

MacGyver
TV · as Cassandra Glover · 3 eps

South of Hell
TV · as Tetra · 8 eps

How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as Soraya Hargrove · 11 eps

Madam Secretary
TV · as Natalia Moreno · 1 ep

Elementary
TV · as Zoe Mercado · 1 ep

Rosewood Lane
Movie · as Paula Crenshaw

Unforgettable
TV · as Aisha Conway · 1 ep

Blue Bloods
TV · as Special agent Veronica Molina · 1 ep
Sugar Pathways
Movie · as Narrator

Serial
Movie · as Roseanne Crystal

Ugly Betty
TV · as Elena · 7 eps

Dexter
TV · as Maria LaGuerta · 84 eps

Medium
TV · as Elena Cabrera · 1 ep

Numb3rs
TV · as Claudia Gomez · 3 eps

Wanted
TV · as Faye Templeton · 1 ep
Starwater
Movie

Love and Treason
Movie · as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)

Prison Song
Movie · as Prison Counselor (uncredited)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Lois Melago · 1 ep

Prince of Central Park
Movie · as Rosa Sanchez

Strong Medicine
TV · as Dr. Vanessa Burke · 1 ep

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Defense Attorney Shamal · 2 eps

Thicker Than Blood
Movie · as Camilla Lopez
The LaMastas
Movie

I Think I Do
Movie · as Carol

Oz
TV · as Dr. Gloria Nathan · 44 eps

City Hall
Movie · as Elaine Santos

The Pretender
TV · as Emily Sadler · 1 ep

Profiler
TV · as Emily Sadler · 1 ep

I Like It Like That
Movie · as Lisette Linares

New York Undercover
TV · as Nina Moreno · 64 eps

Law & Order
TV · as Ms. Torres · 1 ep



