Jamila Velazquez (Empire) Bio-Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Feet, Empire, Boyfriend, Net Worth, Instagram, Songs and Movies

Jamila Velazquez Biography

Born in South Bronx, New York, Jamila Velazquez is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her recurring role as “Sarita” in the ABC Family series Twisted from 2013-2014. She also appeared as Laura Calleros on FOX’s primetime musical-drama series Empire from 2015–2016.

Jamila Velazquez Age

Jamila Velazquez was born on November 27, 1995in South Bronx, New York City. She is currently 24 years old as of 2019. She celebrates her birthday on November 27.

Jamila Velazquez Height

Jamila stands at an average height of 5 feet and 2 inches.

Jamila Velazquez Family

Jamila was born in the Bronx, New York to Dominican and Puerto Rican parents. She also has a younger sister named Jada Velazquez. Her younger sister and her parents reside in Rockland County, New York. Velazquez was raised in the Longwood-Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. She attended Catholic School and was enrolled in acting class by the age of six.

She began singing and performing in kindergarten. When she was eight years old she booked her first role in an off-Broadway play called “The End of You”. When she was 11, she and her family moved to Rockland County, New York. She later enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts High School in Midtown Manhattan. She enrolled as a vocal major, but during her second year, she switched to drama.

Jamila Velazquez Movies

Jamila’s first appearance was in a 2011 movie drama “Come Home Raquel” playing the main character “Raquel”. 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 the 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 will appear as Meche in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story, to be released December 18, 2020. Filming commenced at the end of September in 2019.

Jamila Velazquez Boyfriend

Jamila likes to keep her personal life private hence information about her dating life is not available. It is therefore not known whether she is married or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.

Jamila Velazquez Songs

Jamila is widely described as a pop and rock singer. Growing up she really admired Cher but she describes Fiona Apple as 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.

Her first original song was her pop break up song “Nothing like you which was released on January 23, 2015, she also followed up with a Spanish version “Nada Como Tu”. Her solo songs include ;

“Nothing Like You” (English Version)
“Nada Como Tu” (Spanish Version)