Education
In 1985, she finished four movies: Paradise Inn with Michael de Mesa, Ben Tumbling with Lito Lapid, Order To Kill with the former President Joseph Estrada, and Riot 1950 with Rudy Fernandez.
In 1985, she finished four movies: Paradise Inn with Michael de Mesa, Ben Tumbling with Lito Lapid, Order To Kill with the former President Joseph Estrada, and Riot 1950 with Rudy Fernandez.
She was known as the "Mississippi Body Beautiful" of Philippine movies in the 1980s. She performed her own stunts in Ang Babaing Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang (1981), directed by Carlo J. Caparas.
In 1983, she appeared in Pieta with Ace Vergel and Charito Solis.
Her notable film Ang Babaing Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang (1981) has been remade as a Global Media Arts-7 television series, starring Marian Rivera. She was starred in the 2010 television series Imortal (starring John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin), and in the 2013 television remake of Maria Mercedes (starring Jessy Mendiola), both shown on ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network. Velez has appeared in more than 60 movies and television shows.
Velez publicly announced on March 2016 thru her Facebook account, that she has irrevocably resigned from her show, Tubig at Langis due to the alleged rudeness and humiliation by her co-star Cristine Reyes against Velez during several tapings of the drama series. Bikining Itim.