ACTOR

Lauren Vélez

1964 - Today

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Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress and the identical twin sister of actress Lorraine Vélez. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauren Vélez has received more than 3,263,288 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lauren Vélez is the 6,229th most popular actor (down from 4,961st in 2019), the 9,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,375th in 2019) and the 2,854th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lauren Vélez ranks 6,229 out of 13,578Before her are Han Hye-jin, Jorge Garcia, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lukas Haas, Spottiswoode Aitken, and Wu Jing. After her are Cara Buono, Hikaru Midorikawa, Betty Blythe, Alexa Davalos, Carroll O'Connor, and Neil Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Lauren Vélez ranks 353Before her are Alex Caffi, Marco Ballotta, Molly Shannon, Jakob Hlasek, Mark Esper, and Stephen Colbert. After her are Ed Boon, Lisa Franchetti, Tim Miller, Pernell Whitaker, Chokri Belaid, and Miguel Alcubierre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lauren Vélez ranks 9,132 out of 20,380Before her are Dennis Boutsikaris (1952), Steve Jablonsky (1970), M. Scott Peck (1936), Lukas Haas (1976), Philander C. Knox (1853), and Bill Laimbeer (1957). After her are Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Gouverneur Morris (1752), Garth Brooks (1962), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Jimmy Garrison (1934), and Edward Moore (1897).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lauren Vélez ranks 2,854Before her are Kathryn McGuire (1903), Nicholas Colasanto (1924), Mitzi Gaynor (1931), Jorge Garcia (1973), Dennis Boutsikaris (1952), and Lukas Haas (1976). After her are Cara Buono (1974), Betty Blythe (1893), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Neil Hamilton (1899), Royal Dano (1922), and John Ortiz (1968).