Mark Gordon: Who is Lauren Vélez‘s husband?

Mark Gordon and Lauren Velez are no longer married. As of 2023. They got married in 1993 and divorced in 2005. The couple did not share any children.

Born on November 2, 1964, Lauren Vélez began her career in the early ’90s where she got her first performing job in the national touring company of the musical Dreamgirls. She also performed in other Off-Broadway productions including Into the Woods and Much Ado About Nothing. 

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. 

Vélez’s outstanding performance got her nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards and won an NYFCCA award. She went ahead to star in another TV series dubbed OZ. Some of her other films also include City Hall, Buscando un Sueno (In Search of a Dream), and more.

She 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. 

Vélez also received the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) in 2010.