Luna Lauren Vélez
Acting • Born 1964-11-02
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.
Filmography
47 credits
Starwater
Movie • 2001
I Like It Like That
Movie • 1994
Lisette Linares
I Think I Do
Movie • 1997
Carol
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2027
Rio Morales (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2023
Rio Morales (voice)
Rosewood Lane
Movie • 2011
Paula Crenshaw
Prince of Central Park
Movie • 2000
Rosa Sanchez
Thicker Than Blood
Movie • 1998
Camilla Lopez
Officer Downe
Movie • 2016
Police Chief Berringer
Sugar Pathways
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2018
Rio Morales (voice)
The First Purge
Movie • 2018
Luisa
City Hall
Movie • 1996
Elaine Santos
The LaMastas
Movie • 1998
Shaft
Movie • 2019
Bennie Rodriguez
America Adrift
Movie • 2016
Cecilia Fernandez
Windows on the World
Movie • 2019
Eva
Ana
Movie • 2020
Camila
Love and Treason
Movie • 2001
Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
Swallow
Movie • 2020
Lucy
Rogue Hostage
Movie • 2021
Sunshine
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Movie • 2023
Breanna Diaz
Prison Song
Movie • 2001
Prison Counselor (uncredited)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Movie • 2023
Self
Medium
TV • 2005
Elena Cabrera
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Claudia Gomez
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Emily Sadler
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Defense Attorney Shamal
Profiler
TV • 1996
Emily Sadler
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Nina Moreno
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Cassandra Glover
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Elena
Dexter
TV • 2006
Maria LaGuerta
Oz
TV • 1997
Dr. Gloria Nathan
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Ms. Torres
Power Book II: Ghost
TV • 2020
Evelyn Castillo
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Soraya Hargrove
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Aisha Conway
Elementary
TV • 2012
Zoe Mercado
Wanted
TV • 2005
Faye Templeton
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Dr. Vanessa Burke
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Lois Melago
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Special agent Veronica Molina
South of Hell
TV • 2015
Tetra
East New York
TV • 2022
Tamika Martin
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Natalia Moreno
Oz
TV • 1997