Acting

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Born 1969-11-18 · 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.

Credits

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The Adding Machine
as Mr. Zero
2026
Twelfth Night
as Maria
2025
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
2025
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
as Self
2024
Reverse the Curse
as Eva
2024
Ezra
as Agent Margo Jenkins
2024
Hazbin Hotel
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
2024
Allswell in New York
as Serene
2023
Allswell in New York
Co-Producer
2023
Allswell in New York
Story
2023
The Changeling
as Mrs. Ortiz
2023
The Horror of Dolores Roach
Executive Producer
2023
Bleecker
as Kate
2023
Accused
as Rose
2023
The Same Storm
as Lupe Ramirez
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #14
2021
Only Murders in the Building
as Inez
2021
In the Heights
as Daniela
2021
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
Social Distance
as Reina Villareal
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Candle
2020
Pitch Black Panacea
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Revolution Rent
as Self
2019
Tales of the City
as Mrs. Rodriguez
2019
Rent
as Self
2019
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
as Self
2018
New Amsterdam
as Christy Cummings
2018
The Holdouts
as Rachel
2017
Emoticon
as Anna
2014
Fall to Rise
as Sheila
2014
The Blacklist
as Delores Knapp
2013
Smash
as Agnes
2012
Hustling
2011
Union Square
as Sara
2011
Jack Goes Boating
as Lucy
2010
F--k
as Daphne
2010
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
as Herself (uncredited)
2008
Rachel Getting Married
as Wedding Guest
2008
Sex and the City
as Baby Voiced Woman
2008
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
as Self
2006
Alchemy
as Belladonna Editor
2005
Virgin
as Frances
2003
Hey Joel
2003
Justice
as Roberta
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Carmen Mendoza
2001
Skeleton Woman
as Olya
2000
Flawless
as Tia
1999
Wild Things
as Detective Gloria Perez
1998
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
as Herself
1997
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
as Self
1997
Spin City
as Daphne Rubin-Vega
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Cast of Rent
1996
Lotto Land
as Gloria
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Little Juana (voice)
1995
I Like It Like That
as Modeling School Receptionist
1994
The Occultist
as Simone (as Daphne)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Great Performances
as Maria
1971
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
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