Luna Lauren Velez
Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent and the twin sister of actress Loraine Vélez. Her most notable roles are as Maria LaGuerta on Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, and Dr. Gloria Nathan on HBO's controversial jail drama, Oz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lauren Vélez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 2, 1964 In Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 38
- First Appeared:
- In the series Law & Order 1990-09-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023-06-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Breanna Diaz | 2023-06-06 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice) | 2023-05-31 |
| Movie | Rogue Hostage | Sunshine | 2021-06-11 |
| Movie | Ana | Camila | 2020-01-03 |
| Movie | Swallow | Lucy | 2020-01-15 |
| Series | Power Book II: Ghost | Evelyn Castillo | 2020-09-06 |
| Movie | Windows on the World | Eva | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | Shaft | Bennie Rodriguez | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | The First Purge | Luisa | 2018-07-04 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice) | 2018-12-06 |
| Series | MacGyver | Cassandra Glover | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | America Adrift | Cecilia Fernandez | 2016-11-01 |
| Movie | Officer Downe | Police Chief Berringer | 2016-11-18 |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Soraya Hargrove | 2014-09-25 |
| Series | Elementary | Zoe Mercado | 2012-09-27 |
| Series | Unforgettable | Aisha Conway | 2011-09-20 |
| Movie | Rosewood Lane | Paula Crenshaw | 2011-10-15 |
| Series | Blue Bloods | Special agent Veronica Molina | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Sugar Pathways | Narrator | 2009-06-09 |
| Series | Dexter | Maria LaGuerta | 2006-10-01 |
| Series | Ugly Betty | Elena | 2006-09-28 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Series | Medium | Elena Cabrera | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Wanted | Faye Templeton | 2005-07-31 |
| Movie | Love and Treason | Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez) | 2001-03-07 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Lois Melago | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Prince of Central Park | Rosa Sanchez | 2000-09-22 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Defense Attorney Shamal | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | The LaMastas | 1998-01-01 | |
| Movie | Thicker Than Blood | Camilla Lopez | 1998-05-31 |
| Series | Oz | Dr. Gloria Nathan | 1997-07-12 |
| Movie | I Think I Do | Carol | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | City Hall | Elaine Santos | 1996-02-16 |
| Series | The Pretender | Emily Sadler | 1996-09-19 |
| Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Det. Nina Moreno | 1994-09-08 |
| Movie | I Like It Like That | Lisette Linares | 1994-10-14 |
| Series | Law & Order | Ms. Torres | 1990-09-13 |