Vélez also played understudy for actress Phylicia Rashad in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
After which, she has had decided to become an actress. Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress of Puerto Rican American descent and the twin sister of actress Loraine Vélez Her most notable roles are as María LaGuerta on 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. Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress of Puerto Rican American descent and the twin sister of actress Loraine Vélez Her most notable roles are as María LaGuerta on 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.
On 2-11-1964 Lauren Vélez (nickname: Lauren ) was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. Her most notable roles are as Maria LaGuerta on Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, and Dr. Gloria Nathan on HBO's controversial jail drama, Oz. And IMDb.com offers the following: Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, New York among eight siblings including her twin sister Lorraine, Lauren Velez dreamed of becoming an actress ever since she played a groundhog in a school play in second grade.
She is the twin sister of actress Lauren Vélez. She started fundraising with plants to transform the one lady show into a film. Her twin sister Lorraine Velez is also an actress, often working as Lauren's double on sets. Lauren has been a nominee for the Desi Award and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Actress. Lauren's parents moved from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s and lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, where she and her twin sister, Loraine Vélez, were born.
The twins have five other sisters and one brother.
Lauren Luna Velez was born on November 2, 1964, in New York, New York. The movie was chosen as a nominee for 4 Independent Spirit Awards from which it achieved an award from NYFCCA. With the several awards acquired by Lauren, no wonder she gained huge popularity today. They also studied acting at The Acting Studio with James Price, and Lauren studied Shakespeare with Michael Howard.Vélez landed her first job performing in the national touring company of the musical Dreamgirls.
Velez featured in and produced her one lady show while on a break during the shooting of Dexter. Her name has sometimes appeared as Loraine Velez. Lauren’s father is a police officer in New York City, who eventually purchased a home within the middle class Rockaway, Queens’s neighborhood. Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress and the twin sister of actress Lorraine Vélez. Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress and the twin sister of actress Lorraine Vélez.
3 talking about this. About "La Lupe", Velez says that it's her purposeful venture. Her most notable 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. Lauren spent her childhood in Brooklyn, Queens with her six sisters and one brother. Their father was a New York City police officer who eventually bought a house in the middle class neighborhood of Rockaway, Queens, and moved there with his wife and eight children.
Vélez's parents moved from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s and lived in the Brooklyn section of New York City where she and her twin sister were born. Vélez also played understudy for actress Phylicia Rashad in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
She also performed Off-Broadway in the productions of Much Ado About Nothing and FasadeIn 2010, she received the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).On June 24, 2006, 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 has also played as a substitute for the actress, Phylicia Rashad, in Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Lauren Vélez is an established American actress and producer who is well known for her roles in several hit TV shows such as Dexter (2006-2012), New York Undercover (1995-1999), Oz (1997-2003), and Ugly Betty (2009-2010).She is also noted for being cast as Lisette Linares in I Like It Like That (1994) and Roseanne Crystal in Serial (2007).