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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lauren Vélez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Starwater
2001

I Like It Like That
as Lisette Linares
1994

I Think I Do
as Carol
1997

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
2027

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
2023

Rosewood Lane
as Paula Crenshaw
2011

Prince of Central Park
as Rosa Sanchez
2000

Thicker Than Blood
as Camilla Lopez
1998

Officer Downe
as Police Chief Berringer
2016
Sugar Pathways
as Narrator
2009

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Rio Morales (voice)
2018

The First Purge
as Luisa
2018

City Hall
as Elaine Santos
1996
The LaMastas
1998

Shaft
as Bennie Rodriguez
2019

America Adrift
as Cecilia Fernandez
2016

Windows on the World
as Eva
2019

Ana
as Camila
2020

Love and Treason
as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)
2001

Swallow
as Lucy
2020
TV Appearances

Medium
as Elena Cabrera
2005

Numb3rs
as Claudia Gomez
2005

The Pretender
as Emily Sadler
1996

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Defense Attorney Shamal
1999

Profiler
as Emily Sadler
1996

New York Undercover
as Nina Moreno
1994

MacGyver
as Cassandra Glover
2016

Ugly Betty
as Elena
2006

Dexter
as Maria LaGuerta
2006

Oz
as Dr. Gloria Nathan
1997

Law & Order
as Ms. Torres
1990

Power Book II: Ghost
as Evelyn Castillo
2020
