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Lauren Vélez

American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1964 · age 62

Luna Lauren Vélez 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.

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2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseFilm, Rio Morales (voice)2022East New YorkSeries, Tamika Martin2021Rogue HostageFilm, Sunshine2020AnaFilm, Camila2018“I think your origin is important, not only because it defines who you are, but also because it shows what you have in common with others.”In their wordsOn how everyone has an origin of self in "In Marvel's 'Spider-Verse', Spider-Man's mom is alive and Puerto Rican" in NBC News (2018 Dec 13)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseFilm, 2018Rio Morales (voice)2016MacGyverSeries, Cassandra GloverAmerica AdriftFilm, 2016Producer2014How to Get Away with MurderSeries, Soraya Hargrove2012ElementarySeries, Zoe Mercado2011Rosewood LaneFilm, Paula Crenshaw2010Blue BloodsSeries, Special agent Veronica Molina2009Sugar PathwaysFilm, Narrator2006SerialFilm, Roseanne Crystal2005MediumSeries, Elena Cabrera2001Love and TreasonFilm, Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)2000Strong MedicineSeries, Dr. Vanessa Burke1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Defense Attorney Shamal1998The LaMastasFilm1997I Think I DoFilm, Carol1996ProfilerSeries, Emily SadlerCity HallFilm, 1996Elaine Santos1994I Like It Like ThatFilm, Lisette Linares1990Law & OrderSeries, Ms. Torres1964Born2 November 1964

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Known for

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  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023
  • Swallow 2020
  • Shaft 2019

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Filmography 27

51 credits on file

Television 22

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In their own words 2

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  1. …What’s different on TV and film is that you get to grow into it even in the scene.

    On working on television in “Boricua Actress Luna Vélez on Working With Viola Davis and Her ‘HTGAWM’ Character’s Dark Past”in Remezcla, Own words

  2. …Everything comes in waves and sometimes I do feel like there’s a lot more coming than there used to be, but the business itself has changed.

    On how acting has changed for her in “Boricua Actress Luna Vélez on Working With Viola Davis and Her ‘HTGAWM’ Character’s Dark Past”in, Own words

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About this person

She also starred as Rio Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

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Dates
Born 1964 · age 62

In the same film or series as Lauren

Tyrese GibsonAlso in Rogue Hostage (2021)Harold PerrineauAlso in Prison Song (2001)Rita MorenoAlso in I Like It Like That (1994)Jeanne TripplehornAlso in Ana (2020)Alexis ArquetteAlso in I Think I Do (1997)Kim CoatesAlso in Officer Downe (2016)