Luna Lauren Vélez
ActingAlso Known As
Lauren Luna Vélez, Luna Velez, Lauren Vélez, לונה ולז, Λούνα Βέλεζ
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.
Movies
(24 total)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Breanna Diaz
The First Purge
as Luisa
Shaft
as Bennie Rodriguez
Swallow
as Lucy
City Hall
as Elaine Santos
Rogue Hostage
as Sunshine
Rosewood Lane
as Paula Crenshaw
Officer Downe
as Police Chief Berringer
Ana
as Camila
I Think I Do
as Carol
I Like It Like That
as Lisette Linares
Prison Song
as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
Prince of Central Park
as Rosa Sanchez
Thicker Than Blood
as Camilla Lopez
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
America Adrift
as Cecilia Fernandez
Love and Treason
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
TV Shows
(23 total)
Dexter
as Maria LaGuerta
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Defense Attorney Shamal
Elementary
as Zoe Mercado
How to Get Away with Murder
as Soraya Hargrove
Blue Bloods
as Special agent Veronica Molina
MacGyver
as Cassandra Glover
Oz
as Dr. Gloria Nathan
Law & Order
as Ms. Torres
Medium
as Elena Cabrera
Numb3rs
as Claudia Gomez
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lois Melago
Power Book II: Ghost
as Evelyn Castillo
Unforgettable
as Aisha Conway
Madam Secretary
as Natalia Moreno
Ugly Betty
as Elena
The Pretender
as Emily Sadler
Profiler
as Emily Sadler
South of Hell
as Tetra
East New York
as Tamika Martin