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Jamila Velazquez Takes the E!Q—18 Things You Didn't Know About the Empire Star

You may also recognize the up-and-coming actress from a pivotal flashback on Orange Is the New Black

By Natalie Finn Jul 12, 2016 1:00 PMTags
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We probably should've asked Jamila Velazquez to sing these answers, but we appreciate her sitting down to answer them all the same.

The actress, who joined Empire last season as Laura Calleros, Hakeem Lyon's ex-fiancée and the lead voice of girl group Mirage a Trois (which just sorta signifies trouble, doesn't it?), is all over the Fox hit's season-season soundtrack album—so you may have heard her there, on repeat.

But Velazquez may also look familiar because of...oh, say, what you spent your most recent holiday weekend binge-watching. Don't miss her in a pivotal flashback scene in Maria's story line in the fourth season of Orange Is the New Black, which has had fans talking (and crying bittersweet tears) since all of its episodes poured forth on Netflix on June 17. 

So, many thanks to Jamila Velazquez for taking the time to fill out our E!Q—we're left both craving a Snickers bar and once again wondering why celebrities tend to be so tired...

Getty Images/ Melissa Hebeler, E! Illustration

OITNB is streaming now on Netflix—and Empire returns for a third season Sept. 21 on Fox.

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