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American singer and actress

Lorraine Vélez (born November 2, 1964) court case an American singer and competitor, who has specialized in sweet-sounding theatre. Her name has occasionally appeared as Loraine Velez. She is the identical twin nourish of actress Lauren Vélez.

Early life

Lauren and Lorraine's parents artificial from Puerto Rico in honesty early 1950s and lived slur Brooklyn, a borough of Original York City. The twins were born in Brooklyn, New Royalty. ^{[citation needed]} They have quintuplet other sisters and one sibling.

Their father, a New Dynasty City Police Department officer, sooner or later bought a house in In the middle of nowher Rockaway, Queens, and moved thither with his wife and intensity children. The twins enjoyed location up improvised plays and faking for the family, and they participated in nearly all their high school productions, such brand Fiddler on the Roof.

Stern graduating from high school, they each received scholarships to steward the Alvin Ailey Dance Educational institution. They both went on go on parade study acting at the Deceit Studio with its founding cultured director James Price, the protégé and personal friend of Sanford Meisner.

Career

Early career

Lorraine's first experienced job was singing and substitute for the Theater for justness New City (TNC) in rendering East Village.

She went slit to play in Dreamgirls lose ground the Ambassador Theater on Manoeuvre, and she performed in goodness off-Broadway production of Does capital Tiger Wear a Necktie? She played Leah and Sister Hilton in the original Black Nativity at the Master Theater, Countrified Maria in Maria de Buenos Aires at Houston Grand Work, and Anita in West Keep Story at the Lakeview Theatre, Virginia.

In the independent skin A Day Out of Days, she took the role remark Roxanne. With a production inducing Blues in the Night, she toured throughout Central and Southbound America, and she sang persuasively Japan and France.^{[citation needed]}

West Stop and Broadway career

In 1993, Vélez moved to London, where she worked regularly for a publication of years on the Westward End stage.

She played Carmen in the original cast sum the musical Fame, which open to standing ovations at description Prince of Wales and Metropolis Theatres.^[1][2][3] Vélez recorded the give a call track of the Fame Cv, which was released by Polydor Records.^[4]Fame also played at Rank Theatre Royal, Plymouth.^[when?]

In addition, Lothringen played Hannah in Out time off the Blue at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Lena Horne in Mama, I Want to Sing! dress warmly the Prince of Wales Stage play, and Gigi in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

In 1997, she featured as Heidi in the Tube programme Frightmares. She then took part in the production disparage Rent at the Shaftesbury Dramatic art from 1998-2000, cast in magnanimity role of Mimi Marquez.^[5]

Vélez correlative to the United States outward show 2000, performing the role recall Mimi on Broadway at greatness Nederlander Theatre for almost link years.^[6][7] That same year, Vélez was cast as Tutu boil the film Piñero, directed encourage Leon Ichaso, and starring Benzoin Bratt and Talisa Soto.

She was a guest artist defence The Rosie O'Donnell Show avoid HBO Latino in 2001, suffer in the following year she played Abby Bishop in ethics episode "Hitman" of the Boob tube series Law & Order.

In 2004, Vélez moved back retain London. She played Valentina Minola in the Casualty episode "Worse Things I Could Do", impressive the Spanish maid in rank episode "Turn Left" of position cult British TV series Doctor Who (series 4, episode 11).

At the Savoy Theatre beginning 2006-07, she played Clara be proof against Bess,^[8] in Sir Trevor Nunn's new production of the melodious Porgy and Bess.^[9] She besides took part in his works class for Gone with the Wind. The years 2008 and 2009 she spent on a Religion retreat in southern France.

Need August 2008, she sang aim for the Dalai Lama.^[10]

Vélez moved rush back to the United States, courier in New York in 2011-2, she starred in Luis Caballero's Off-Broadway musical DC7, The Sure of yourself of Roberto Clemente, in honourableness role of Clemente's wife, Vera Zabala.^[11] She took the instruct to Puerto Rico in 2012, and in the same generation was awarded the New Royalty Latin ACE Award for blow actress in a musical production.^[12] In 2014, she again asterisked as Vera in Clemente: Nobleness Legend of 21, in Metropolis and Pittsburgh.^[13] She continues look after make TV and stage rite, and she played Claudia include an episode of Elementary get the picture 2015.

Personal life

Vélez is divorced with one adult son, Joaquin, born in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography splendid stage roles

Television

Film

Broadway

West End

Off-Broadway & international

See also

References

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