Acting

Luna Lauren Vélez

Born 1964-11-02 · 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.

Credits

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