Luna Lauren Velez

Personal Info

Birthday

November 2, 1964

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Lauren Luna Vélez

Luna Velez

Lauren Vélez

לונה ולז

Λούνα Βέλεζ

Λόρεν Βέλεζ

لونا لورن ولز

Luna Lauren Velez

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.

Known For

Dexter

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Blue Bloods

Elementary

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Medium

How to Get Away with Murder

Filmography

2027
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Breanna Diaz
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
as Self
2021
Rogue Hostage
as Sunshine
2020
Swallow
as Lucy
Ana
as Camila
2019
Shaft
as Bennie Rodriguez
Windows on the World
as Eva
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
The First Purge
as Luisa
2016
Officer Downe
as Police Chief Berringer
America Adrift
as Cecilia Fernandez
2011
Rosewood Lane
as Paula Crenshaw
2009
Sugar Pathways
as Narrator
2001
Prison Song
as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
Love and Treason
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
2000
Prince of Central Park
as Rosa Sanchez
1998
Thicker Than Blood
as Camilla Lopez
1997
I Think I Do
as Carol
1996
City Hall
as Elaine Santos
1994
I Like It Like That
as Lisette Linares