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In 1995, Lauren landed her first major T.V. role. She was cast as "Nina Moreno", a policewoman in the TV series "New York Undercover". That same year, she also made her film debut as "Lisette Linares" in the movie "I Like It Like That" alongside Rita Moreno and Jon Seda. She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and The Desi Award for "Best Lead Actress". The movie was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards and won a NYFCCA award. Another TV series in which she performed was HBO's jail drama, "Oz". She also acted in the feature film "City Hall", with Al Pacino.

In 1997, Lauren starred in "Buscando un Sueño" (In Search of a Dream), the first Spanish speaking film sanctioned by SAG.

On June 24, 2006 Lauren 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".

Lauren plays a supporting role on Showtime's series, "Dexter".

(wikipedia.org)