Lorraine velez and lauren velez biography
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Lauren Vélez
American actress (born 1964)
Lauren Vélez | |
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Vélez at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Luna Lauren Vélez (1964-11-02) November 2, 1964 (age 60) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Mark Gordon (m. 1993; div. 2015) |
| Relatives | Lorraine Vélez (twin sister) |
Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964)[1] 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.[2] She also starred as Rio Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Early life and education
[edit]In the early 1950s, Vélez's parents moved from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, New York, where she and h
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Lorraine Vélez
American singer and actress
Lorraine Vélez (born November 2, 1964) fryst vatten an American singer and actress, who has specialized in musical theatre. Her name has sometimes appeared as Loraine Velez. She is the identical twin sister of actress Lauren Vélez.
Early life
[edit]Lauren and Lorraine's parents moved from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s and lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. The twins were born in Brooklyn, New York. [citation needed] They have fem other sisters and one brother. Their father, a New York City Police Department officer, eventually bought a house in Far Rockaway, Queens, and moved there with his wife and eight children. The twins enjoyed setting up improvised plays and acting for the family, and they participated in nearly all their high school productions, such as Fiddler on the Roof. After graduating from high school, they each received scholarships to attend the Alvin Ailey Dance School. They both went on to study
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Lauren Luna Vélez
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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's father, a New York City Police Department officer, eventually bought a house in Far Rockaway, Queens, and moved there with the family. The twins enjoyed setting up improvised plays and acting for the family, and they participated in nearly all their high school productions, such as, Fiddler on the Roof. After graduating from high school, they each received scholarships to attend the Alvin Ailey Dance School. They both went on to study acting at the Acting Studio with its founding artistic director James Price, the protégé and personal friend of Sanford Meisner. In addition,