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 full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

as Rio Morales (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Rio Morales (voice)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

as Breanna Diaz

Dexter

as Maria LaGuerta

The First Purge

as Luisa

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Defense Attorney Shamal

Shaft

as Bennie Rodriguez

Elementary

as Zoe Mercado

How to Get Away with Murder

as Soraya Hargrove

MacGyver

as Cassandra Glover