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Daphne Rubin-Vega

Known for acting · Born 18 November 1969 · 56 · Panama City, Panama

58 credits

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.

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Known for

In the Heights

2021

Wild Things

1998

Only Murders in the Building

2021

Hazbin Hotel

2024

Jack Goes Boating

2010

Smash

2012

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

2018

Flawless

1999

Hey Joel

2003

The Horror of Dolores Roach

2023

Pitch Black Panacea

2020

Hustling

2011

Acting (56)

2026The Adding MachineMr. ZeroFilm
2025Hazbin Hotel: Sing-AlongCarmilla Carmine (voice)Film
2025Twelfth NightMariaFilm
2024Hazbin HotelCarmilla Carmine (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2024EzraAgent Margo JenkinsFilm
2024Reverse the CurseEvaFilm
2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia FieldSelfFilm
2023The ChangelingMrs. OrtizSeries
2023AccusedRoseSeries
2023Allswell in New YorkSereneFilm
2023BleeckerKateFilm
2022The Same StormLupe RamirezFilm
2021tick, tick... BOOM!"Sunday" Legend #14Film
2021Only Murders in the BuildingInez · 4 episodesSeries
2021In the HeightsDanielaFilm
202125 Years of Rent: Measured in LoveFilm
2020Social DistanceReina VillarealSeries
2020Pitch Black PanaceaNarrator (voice)Film
2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaCandleFilm
2019Tales of the CityMrs. Rodriguez · 3 episodesSeries
2019RentSelfFilm
2019Revolution RentSelfFilm
2018New AmsterdamChristy CummingsSeries
2018John Leguizamo's Latin History for MoronsSelfFilm
2017The HoldoutsRachelFilm
2014EmoticonAnnaFilm
2014Fall to RiseSheilaFilm
2013The BlacklistDelores KnappSeries
2012SmashAgnes · 8 episodesSeries
2011Union SquareSaraFilm
2011Hustling · 12 episodesSeries
2010Jack Goes BoatingLucyFilm
2010F--kDaphneFilm
2008Sex and the CityBaby Voiced WomanFilm
2008Rachel Getting MarriedWedding GuestFilm
2008Rent: Filmed Live on BroadwayHerself (uncredited)Film
2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'SelfFilm
2005AlchemyBelladonna EditorFilm
2003VirginFrancesFilm
2003JusticeRobertaFilm
2003Hey Joel · 13 episodesSeries
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentCarmen MendozaSeries
2000Skeleton WomanOlyaFilm
1999FlawlessTiaFilm
1998Wild ThingsDetective Gloria PerezFilm
1997Sesame Street: Quiet TimeHerself, SelfFilm
1996Spin CityDaphne Rubin-VegaSeries
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Cast of RentSeries
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildLittle Juana (voice)Series
1995Lotto LandGloriaFilm
1994I Like It Like ThatModeling School ReceptionistFilm
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1988The OccultistSimone (as Daphne)Film
1971Great PerformancesMariaSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - PerformerSeries
—Broadway: The Next GenerationSelfFilm

Production (2)

2023The Horror of Dolores RoachExecutive ProducerSeries
2023Allswell in New YorkCo-Producer, StoryFilm