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 2,911,610 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lauren Vélez is the 6,225th 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 2,853rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lauren Vélezs by language

Over the past year Lauren Vélez has had the most page views in the with 684,590 views, followed by Spanish (32,601), and Russian (27,643). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (304.26%), Italian (158.31%), and Spanish (108.87%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lauren Vélez ranks 6,225 out of 13,578. Before 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 353. Before 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 20,380. Before 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).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lauren Vélez ranks 2,853. Before 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).

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Television and Movie Roles

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Rio Morales (voice)
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
Dec 6o 20188.404 / 10
Dexter
Maria LaGuerta
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
8.192 / 10
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Rio Morales (voice)
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
May 31o 20238.38 / 10