Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/2/1964
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Lauren Luna VélezLuna VelezLauren Vélez
Luna Lauren Vélez
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).
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Known For
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Breanna Diaz
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
Shaft
as Bennie Rodriguez
The First Purge
as Luisa
Rosewood Lane
as Paula Crenshaw
Rogue Hostage
as Sunshine
America Adrift
as Cecilia Fernandez
Prison Song
as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
City Hall
as Elaine Santos
Swallow
as Lucy
Ana
as Camila
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
Officer Downe
as Police Chief Berringer
Prince of Central Park
as Rosa Sanchez
I Think I Do
as Carol
Love and Treason
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
Windows on the World
as Eva
I Like It Like That
as Lisette Linares
Thicker Than Blood
as Camilla Lopez