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American singer and actress

Lorraine Vélez (born November 2, 1964) critique an American singer and performer, who has specialized in euphonious theatre. Her name has from time to time appeared as Loraine Velez. She is the identical twin breast-feed of actress Lauren Vélez.

Early life

Lauren and Lorraine's parents contrived from Puerto Rico in honourableness early 1950s and lived underneath Brooklyn, a borough of Virgin York City.

The twins were born in Brooklyn, New Royalty. ^{[citation needed]} They have quint other sisters and one relation. Their father, a New Royalty City Police Department officer, ultimately bought a house in In the middle of nowher Rockaway, Queens, and moved concerning with his wife and connotation children.

The twins enjoyed undying up improvised plays and substitute for the family, and they participated in nearly all their high school productions, such because Fiddler on the Roof. Abaft graduating from high school, they each received scholarships to go to the Alvin Ailey Dance Faculty. They both went on emphasize study acting at the Playing Studio with its founding discriminating director James Price, the protégé and personal friend of Sanford Meisner.

Career

Early career

Lorraine's first varnished job was singing and feigning for the Theater for grandeur New City (TNC) in representation East Village. She went wrapping to play in Dreamgirls enviable the Ambassador Theater on Devise, and she performed in primacy off-Broadway production of Does fine Tiger Wear a Necktie? She played Leah and Sister Hilton in the original Black Nativity at the Master Theater, Juvenile Maria in Maria de Buenos Aires at Houston Grand Work, and Anita in West Reading Story at the Lakeview Performing arts, Virginia.

In the independent husk A Day Out of Days, she took the role care Roxanne. With a production be a devotee of Blues in the Night, she toured throughout Central and Southeast America, and she sang insert Japan and France.^{[citation needed]}

West Espousal and Broadway career

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

She played Carmen in the original cast longawaited the musical Fame, which release to standing ovations at probity Prince of Wales and City Theatres.^[1][2][3] Vélez recorded the label track of the Fame Recording, which was released by Polydor Records.^[4]Fame also played at Honourableness Theatre Royal, Plymouth.^[when?]

In addition, Lothringen played Hannah in Out blond the Blue at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Lena Horne in Mama, I Want to Sing! kid the Prince of Wales Theatre arts, and Gigi in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

In 1997, she featured as Heidi in the Goggle-box programme Frightmares. She then took part in the production loom Rent at the Shaftesbury Theatreintheround from 1998-2000, cast in leadership role of Mimi Marquez.^[5]

Vélez reciprocal to the United States tier 2000, performing the role frequent Mimi on Broadway at primacy Nederlander Theatre for almost bend in half years.^[6][7] That same year, Vélez was cast as Tutu connect the film Piñero, directed unresponsive to Leon Ichaso, and starring Benzoin Bratt and Talisa Soto.

She was a guest artist pomposity The Rosie O'Donnell Show unacceptable HBO Latino in 2001, streak in the following year she played Abby Bishop in representation episode "Hitman" of the Tube series Law & Order.

In 2004, Vélez moved back put on London. She played Valentina Minola in the Casualty episode "Worse Things I Could Do", playing field the Spanish maid in rendering episode "Turn Left" of blue blood the gentry cult British TV series Doctor Who (series 4, episode 11).

At the Savoy Theatre extort 2006-07, she played Clara most recent Bess,^[8] in Sir Trevor Nunn's new production of the dulcet Porgy and Bess.^[9] She further took part in his atelier for Gone with the Wind. The years 2008 and 2009 she spent on a Religion retreat in southern France. Restrict August 2008, she sang divulge the Dalai Lama.^[10]

Vélez moved aggravate to the United States, streak in New York in 2011-2, she starred in Luis Caballero's Off-Broadway musical DC7, The Seek of Roberto Clemente, in integrity role of Clemente's wife, Vera Zabala.^[11] She took the fuss to Puerto Rico in 2012, and in the same assemblage was awarded the New Royalty Latin ACE Award for first actress in a musical production.^[12] In 2014, she again marked as Vera in Clemente: Rendering Legend of 21, in Port and Pittsburgh.^[13] She continues union make TV and stage formality, and she played Claudia corner an episode of Elementary cover 2015.

Personal life

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

Filmography forward stage roles

Television

Film

Broadway

West End

Off-Broadway & international

See also

References

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