Daphne Rubin-Vega
Known for ActingBorn 1969-11-18Panama 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
Sex and the City
2008 · as Baby Voiced Woman
Wild Things
1998 · as Detective Gloria Perez
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · as Wedding Guest
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · as "Sunday" Legend #14
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025 · as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
In the Heights
2021 · as Daniela
Twelfth Night
2025 · as Maria
Union Square
2011 · as Sara
Flawless
1999 · as Tia
Ezra
2024 · as Agent Margo Jenkins
Rent
2019 · as Self
F--k
2010 · as Daphne
Jack Goes Boating
2010 · as Lucy
The Same Storm
2022 · as Lupe Ramirez
Virgin
2003 · as Frances
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008 · as Herself (uncredited)
Lotto Land
1995 · as Gloria
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self