Luna Lauren Vélez
Acting
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.
Born: November 2, 1964
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Power Book II: Ghost
Picking up just days after the “Power” finale, this sequel series follows Tariq navigating his new life, in which his desire to shed his father’s legacy comes up against the mounting pressure to save his family.
Dexter
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
How to Get Away with Murder
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
Blue Bloods
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Elementary
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
Filmography
as Rio Morales (voice)
as Breanna Diaz
as Rio Morales (voice)
as Tamika Martin
as Sunshine
as Evelyn Castillo
as Lucy
as Camila
as Bennie Rodriguez
as Eva
as Rio Morales (voice)
as Luisa
as Police Chief Berringer
as Cecilia Fernandez
as Cassandra Glover
as Tetra
as Soraya Hargrove
as Natalia Moreno
as Zoe Mercado
as Paula Crenshaw
as Aisha Conway
as Special agent Veronica Molina
as Maria LaGuerta
as Elena
as Faye Templeton
as Claudia Gomez
as Elena Cabrera
as Lois Melago
as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
as Rosa Sanchez
as Dr. Vanessa Burke
as Defense Attorney Shamal
as Camilla Lopez
as Dr. Gloria Nathan
as Carol
as Emily Sadler
as Emily Sadler
as Elaine Santos
as Lisette Linares
as Nina Moreno
as Ms. Torres