Actor
Luna Lauren Velez
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 fu ...

Known For
Acting
2027 -- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice)
2023 -- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Breanna Diaz
2023 -- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice)
2023 -- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie | Self
2021 -- Rogue Hostage | Sunshine
2020 -- Swallow | Lucy
2020 -- Ana | Camila
2019 -- Shaft | Bennie Rodriguez
2019 -- Windows on the World | Eva
2018 -- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (voice)
2018 -- The First Purge | Luisa
2016 -- Officer Downe | Police Chief Berringer
2016 -- America Adrift | Cecilia Fernandez
2011 -- Rosewood Lane | Paula Crenshaw
2009 -- Sugar Pathways | Narrator
2001 -- Prison Song | Prison Counselor (uncredited)
2001 -- Love and Treason | Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
2001 -- Starwater |
2000 -- Prince of Central Park | Rosa Sanchez
1998 -- Thicker Than Blood | Camilla Lopez
1998 -- The LaMastas |
1997 -- I Think I Do | Carol
1996 -- City Hall | Elaine Santos
1994 -- I Like It Like That | Lisette Linares
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