Jamila Velazquez
Jamila Velazquez was born in New York City, New York, United States on November 27th, 1995 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 28, Jamila Velazquez biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Velazquez first appeared in a 2011 movie drama Come Home Raquel, playing the lead role Raquel in 2011, a 13-year-old girl from Queens, New York.
In 2012, she guest-starred in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in season 14, episode 4, "Acceptable Loss" as a sex worker named Pilar Morenas. In 2015, she revived the role of Pilar Morenas in season 16, episode 15 "Undercover Mother" and season 16, episode 23 "Surrendering Noah".
Velazquez joined the cast of the ABC Family's new series Twisted in 2013, as the role of Sarita. She is a minor character in Twisted, former best friend of main character Lacey Porter and murdered student Regina Crane.
On August 3, 2015, it was announced that Velazquez was joining the cast as Latina girl Laura Calleros from Bronx, New York, on Fox's Empire Season 2. She is the lead singer in Lyon Dynasty's Latin-American girl group, Mirage a Trois. Laura was a recurring character through season 2, first appearing in the episode "Poor Yorick".
Velazquez had a role in the comedy-drama series Orange is the New Black in June 2016.
In 2017, she had a minor role in Chicago P.D. as Emily Vega in season 4, episode 11, "You Wish".
In 2018, she appeared in her second movie, How the Light Gets In.
In 2019, she had a minor role in The Blacklist in season 6, episode 9, "Minister D (No. 99)".
On January 1, 2020, Velazquez's new movie John Henry is set to be released.
Velazquez appeared as Meche in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of West Side Story, released on December 10, 2021. Filming commenced at the end of September in 2019.
Velazquez is described as a pop/rock ballad singer. As growing up she really loved Cher, but Fiona Apple is one of her favorites. She goes from Led Zeppelin and Alice in Chains to Future, Drake, Laura Pausini and Shakira, but when it comes to Latin music, she always loved Amanda Miguel that her parents showed her when she started singing Spanish ballads.
Velazquez's first original composition, the alternative/pop-rock break-up song "Nothing Like You", was released January 23, 2015. A Spanish version titled "Nada Como Tu" followed.