Luna Lauren Velez

Luna Lauren Velez

1964-11-02 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 25 Credits

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...

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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027

as Rio Morales (voice)

Acting

Miles Morales is now a fugitive on the run from every other Spider in the multiverse, and Gwen and his other friends might not be enough to help him.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

as Breanna Diaz

7.2
Acting

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 Ma...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

as Rio Morales (voice)

8.3
Acting

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the S...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

2023

as Self

Acting

Writing, pre-production and the challenges of crafting a sequel to a game-changing film, as told by the filmmakers who worked so hard to push Across t...

Rogue Hostage

Rogue Hostage

2021

as Sunshine

5.6
Acting

A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his ...

Swallow

Swallow

2020

as Lucy

6.6
Acting

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their con...

Ana

Ana

2020

as Camila

6.3
Acting

Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.

Shaft

Shaft

2019

as Bennie Rodriguez

6.5
Acting

JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he ne...

Windows on the World

Windows on the World

2019

as Eva

4.0
Acting

After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his father, an undocumented worker at the World...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

as Rio Morales (voice)

8.4
Acting

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive sp...

The First Purge

The First Purge

2018

as Luisa

6.0
Acting

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggressio...

Officer Downe

Officer Downe

2016

as Police Chief Berringer

4.5
Acting

A rookie cop is tasked with shadowing Officer Downe, a no-nonsense LAPD cop with regenerative powers, as he wages an ultra-violent war against the nef...

America Adrift

America Adrift

2016

as Cecilia Fernandez

Acting

For Cecelia Fernandez, moving her family to a beautiful home in the Long Island suburbs feels like she's finally achieved the "American Dream." But wh...

America Adrift

America Adrift

2016

Producer

Producing

For Cecelia Fernandez, moving her family to a beautiful home in the Long Island suburbs feels like she's finally achieved the "American Dream." But wh...

Rosewood Lane

Rosewood Lane

2011

as Paula Crenshaw

4.8
Acting

Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon ar...

Sugar Pathways

2009

as Narrator

Acting

The riveting story of the unwilling migration by Puerto Rican families from the small Caribbean island of Vieques to the US Virgin Islands.

Prison Song

Prison Song

2001

as Prison Counselor (uncredited)

5.4
Acting

Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholar...

Love and Treason

Love and Treason

2001

as Agent Susan Mestre (as Lauren Vélez)

Acting

Kate is a Naval officer whose married to a Marine. When she learns her husband is committing treason she turns him in. He's sent to prison and she div...

Starwater

2001

Acting

Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Prince of Central Park

Prince of Central Park

2000

as Rosa Sanchez

4.5
Acting

A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.

Thicker Than Blood

Thicker Than Blood

1998

as Camilla Lopez

6.5
Acting

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where mo...

The LaMastas

1998

Acting

An unemployed loafer assembles a motley crew to break into a bank vault to win back his girlfriend.

I Think I Do

I Think I Do

1997

as Carol

6.2
Acting

The marriage of mutual friends reunites former college roommates Bob and Brendan, who tried to ignore the sexual tension that always flowed between th...

City Hall

City Hall

1996

as Elaine Santos

5.9
Acting

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

I Like It Like That

I Like It Like That

1994

as Lisette Linares

6.4
Acting

After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her gender-confused sibling, her critical mother-in-l...