Acting
Daphne Rubin-Vega
EN cinema · 39 credits
Born
18 November 1969 (age 56)
Birthplace
Panama City, Panama
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
Filmography
The Adding Machine
as Mr. Zero
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Twelfth Night
as Maria
Ezra
as Agent Margo Jenkins
Allswell in New York
as Serene, Co-Producer, Story
Bleecker
as Kate
The Same Storm
as Lupe Ramirez
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #14
In the Heights
as Daniela
Pitch Black Panacea
as Narrator (voice)
Rent
as Self
The Holdouts
as Rachel
Emoticon
as Anna
Fall to Rise
as Sheila
Union Square
as Sara
F--k
as Daphne
Rachel Getting Married
as Wedding Guest
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
as Herself (uncredited)
Sex and the City
as Baby Voiced Woman
Alchemy
as Belladonna Editor
Justice
as Roberta
Virgin
as Frances
Skeleton Woman
as Olya
Flawless
as Tia
Wild Things
as Detective Gloria Perez
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
as Herself, as Self
Lotto Land
as Gloria
I Like It Like That
as Modeling School Receptionist
The Occultist
as Simone (as Daphne)