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Luna Lauren Velez
A former trained dancer-turned-actress, Lauren Velez emerged from Broadway to become a compelling and respected supporting player on several critically acclaimed television series. After establishing her credentials with an award-nominated performance in the indie feature "I Like It Like That" (1994), she made a splash with her three seasons on "New York Undercover" (Fox, 1994-98), then was a significant part of the large ensemble show "Oz" (HBO, 1997-2003). But it was her supporting role on the deliciously dark thriller "Dexter" (Showtime, 2006-13) that truly established Velez as a seriously talented actress with a long, prominent career practically guaranteed.
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Luna Lauren Velez
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (Character) | - | 2025 |
| 95% |
|
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (Voice) | $381.2M | 2023 |
| 0% |
|
Rogue Hostage | Sunshine (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Windows on the World | Eva (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 88% |
|
Swallow | Lucy (Character) | $31.3K | 2019 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Ana | Camila (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 34% |
|
Shaft | Bennie Rodriguez (Character) | $21.4M | 2019 |
| 97% |
|
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Rio Morales (Voice) | $190.2M | 2018 |
| 55% |
|
The First Purge | Luisa (Character) | $68.9M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America Adrift |
Cecilia Fernandez (Character), Producer |
- | 2016 |
| 33% |
|
Officer Downe | Police Chief Berringer (Character) | $734 | 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Rosewood Lane | Paula Crenshaw (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El Color de la Guayaba | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and Treason | Agent Susan Mestre (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 20% |
|
Prince of Central Park | Rosa Sanchez (Character) | $5.8K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet |
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Thicker Than Blood | Camilla Lopez (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The LaMastas | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 42% |
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I Think I Do | Carol (Character) | $344.7K | 1997 |
| 89% |
|
I Like It Like That | Lisette Linares (Character) | $1.7M | 1994 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88% | 86% | East New York | Tamika Martin (Guest Star) | 2022-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Veronica Molina (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | MacGyver | Cassandra Glover (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | President Natalia Moreno (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 95% | 89% | Elementary | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 0% | 50% | South of Hell | Terra (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Unforgettable | Aisha Conway (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 71% | 81% | Dexter | Det. Maria LaGuerta (Character) | 2006-2012 |
| 97% | 83% | Ugly Betty | Elena (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Officer Lois Melago (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Claudia Gomez (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Attorney Shamal (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 93% | 95% | Oz | Dr. Gloria Nathan (Guest Star) | 1997-2003 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover |
Detective Nina Moreno (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1995-1999 |