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