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Luna Lauren Velez

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 11/02/1964 (59) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress and the identical twin sister of actress Lorraine Vélez. 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

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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 w ...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

PG

2023 | 4.2/5 | 2h 20min
Animation, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the b ...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

PG-13

2023 | 3.7/5 | 3h 40min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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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. ...

Dexter

TV-MA

2006 | 4.1/5 | 55min per episode
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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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 t ...

Oz

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1997 | 4.0/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama
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Movies with Luna Lauren Velez as Actress(20)

as Cecilia Fernandez2023 America Adrift
as Rio Morales (voice)2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)2023 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Sunshine2021 Rogue Hostage
as Lucy2020 Swallow
as Camila2020 Ana
as Eva2019 Windows on the World
as Bennie Rodriguez2019 Shaft
as Luisa2018 The First Purge
as Rio Morales (voice)2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Police Chief Berringer2016 Officer Downe
as Paula Crenshaw2011 Rosewood Lane
as Narrator2009 Sugar Pathways
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)2001 Love and Treason
as Rosa Sanchez2000 Prince of Central Park
as Camilla Lopez1998 Thicker Than Blood
as Carol1997 I Think I Do
as Elaine Santos1996 City Hall
as Lisette Linares1994 I Like It Like That

TV Shows/Series with Luna Lauren Velez as Actress(18)

as Evelyn Castillo2020 Power Book II: Ghost
as Cassandra Glover2016 MacGyver
as Soraya Hargrove2014 How to Get Away with Murder
as Zoe Mercado2012 Elementary
as Aisha Conway2011 Unforgettable
as Special agent Veronica Molina2010 Blue Bloods
as Elena2006 Ugly Betty
as Maria LaGuerta2006 Dexter
as Elena Cabrera2005 Medium
as Faye Templeton2005 Wanted
2005 Numb3rs
as Lois Melago2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Defense Attorney Shamal1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Gloria Nathan1997 Oz
1996 Profiler
as Emily Sadler1996 The Pretender
as Det. Nina Moreno1994 New York Undercover
as Ms. Torres1990 Law & Order

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Full Name: Lauren Vélez
Born: Monday, 11/02 1964 (November) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 59 years + 170 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Beach Channel High School
Other names for Luna Lauren Velez (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lauren Luna Vélez"
"Luna Velez"
"Lauren Vélez"
Luna Lauren Velez frequently works together with these people:
Terry Serpico (17x, Actor)
Michael Gaston (16x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (16x, Crew)
Lou Martini Jr. (16x, Actor)
William H. Burns (15x, Actor)
Robert Turano (14x, Actor)
Jordan Lage (13x, Actor)
Adam LeFevre (13x, Actor)
James Biberi (13x, Actor)
Scott Sowers (13x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (12x, Actor)
Phil Lord (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7916, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/01/2024