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Luna Lauren Velez

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1964-11-02

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	I Like It Like That	Lisette Linares	64
2	1996	City Hall	Elaine Santos	59
3	1997	I Think I Do	Carol	62
4	1998	The LaMastas		0
5	1998	Thicker Than Blood	Camilla Lopez	65
6	2000	Prince of Central Park	Rosa Sanchez	45
7	2001	Starwater		0
8	2001	Love and Treason	Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)	0
9	2001	Prison Song	Prison Counselor (uncredited)	54
10	2009	Sugar Pathways	Narrator	0
11	2011	Rosewood Lane	Paula Crenshaw	48
12	2016	America Adrift	Cecilia Fernandez	0
13	2016	Officer Downe	Police Chief Berringer	45
14	2018	The First Purge	Luisa	60
15	2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Rio Morales (voice)	84
16	2019	Windows on the World	Eva	40
17	2019	Shaft	Bennie Rodriguez	65
18	2020	Ana	Camila	63
19	2020	Swallow	Lucy	66
20	2021	Rogue Hostage	Sunshine	56
21	2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie	Self	0
22	2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Rio Morales (voice)	83
23	2023	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	Breanna Diaz	72
24	2027	Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse	Rio Morales (voice)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Law & Order	Ms. Torres	74
2	1994	New York Undercover	Nina Moreno	71
3	1996	The Pretender	Emily Sadler	74
4	1996	Profiler		70
5	1997	Oz	Dr. Gloria Nathan	80
6	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Defense Attorney Shamal	79
7	2000	Strong Medicine	Dr. Vanessa Burke	71
8	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Lois Melago	76
9	2005	Medium	Elena Cabrera	75
10	2005	Numb3rs		71
11	2005	Wanted	Faye Templeton	72
12	2006	Ugly Betty	Elena	63
13	2006	Dexter	Maria LaGuerta	82
14	2010	Blue Bloods	Special agent Veronica Molina	78
15	2011	Unforgettable	Aisha Conway	72
16	2012	Elementary	Zoe Mercado	76
17	2014	Madam Secretary	Natalia Moreno	70
18	2014	How to Get Away with Murder	Soraya Hargrove	78
19	2015	South of Hell	Tetra	63
20	2016	MacGyver	Cassandra Glover	73
21	2020	Power Book II: Ghost	Evelyn Castillo	83
22	2022	East New York	Tamika Martin	73