American actress, Lauren Vélez has played several roles in numerous movies and tv shows. Some of them include American Adrift, The First Purge, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Swallow, Shaft, Widows on the World, Ana, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, How to Get Away With Murder, Blue Bloods, MacGyver, Murder, Power Book II: Ghost, East New York, Madam Secretary, South of Hell, and more.
Vélez got a major supporting role as a police lieutenant Maria LaGuerta on Showtime’s series, Dexter. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2006 Long Island International Film Expo for her performance as Roseanne Crystal in the independent feature film Serial.
She made her debut film appearance in the 1994 film I Like It Like That along with other cast members including Rita Moreno and Jon Seda. She also starred in her first 1995 television and bagged a major role as Nina Moreno, a policewoman in the TV series New York Undercover.