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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Female

Birthday

1969-11-18 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Panama City, Panama

Also Known As

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Biography

Daphne Rubin-Vega (née Vega; born November 18, 1969) is a Panamanian-American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the 1996 premiere of the Broadway musical Rent and Lucy in the 2007 premiere of the Off-Broadway play Jack Goes Boating. Rubin-Vega also appeared as Bombshell publicist Agnes in the second season of the TV series Smash (2012) and as Luisa Lopez in the TV series Katy Keene (2020). In 2021, Rubin-Vega starred as salon owner Daniela in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights.

Known For

Acting

Wild Things

1998

Wild Things

as

Detective Gloria Perez

I Like It Like That

1994

I Like It Like That

as

Modeling School Receptionist

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

tick, tick... BOOM!

as

"Sunday" Legend #14

Alchemy

2005

Alchemy

as

Belladonna Editor

Union Square

2011

Union Square

as

Sara

Rachel Getting Married

2008

Rachel Getting Married

as

Wedding Guest

Emoticon

2014

Emoticon

as

Anna

Fall to Rise

2014

Fall to Rise

as

Sheila

Ezra

2024

Ezra

as

Agent Margo Jenkins

The Holdouts

2017

The Holdouts

as

Rachel

Justice

2003

Justice

as

Roberta

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

2008

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

as

Herself (uncredited)

The Occultist

1988

The Occultist

as

Simone (as Daphne)

Virgin

2003

Virgin

as

Frances

Flawless

1999

Flawless

as

Tia

Rent

2019

Rent

as

Herself

In the Heights

2021

In the Heights

as

Daniela

F--k

2010

F--k

as

Daphne

Pitch Black Panacea

2020

Pitch Black Panacea

as

Narrator (voice)

Sex and the City

2008

Sex and the City

as

Baby Voiced Woman

Bleecker

2023

Bleecker

as

Kate

The Same Storm

2022

The Same Storm

as

Lupe Ramirez

Revolution Rent

2019

Revolution Rent

as

Self

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

as

Delores Knapp

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Performer

Spin City

Spin City

as

Daphne Rubin-Vega

The Changeling

The Changeling

as

Mrs. Ortiz

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as

Self - Cast of Rent

Hazbin Hotel

Hazbin Hotel

as

Carmilla Carmine (voice)

Tales of the City

Tales of the City

as

Mrs. Rodriguez

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

as

Christy Cummings

Smash

Smash

as

Agnes

Accused

Accused

as

Rose

Social Distance

Social Distance

as

Reina Villareal

Production

Crew

Directing