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.
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Acting History
2025
Twelfth Night as Maria
2025Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field as Self
2024Reverse the Curse as Eva
2024Ezra as Agent Margo Jenkins
2024Hazbin Hotel as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
2023Allswell in New York as Serene
2023The Changeling as Mrs. Ortiz
2023Bleecker as Kate
2023Accused as Rose
2022The Same Storm as Lupe Ramirez
2021tick, tick... BOOM! as "Sunday" Legend #14
2021Only Murders in the Building as Inez
2021In the Heights as Daniela
202125 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2020Social Distance as Reina Villareal
2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Candle
2020Pitch Black Panacea as Narrator (voice)
2019Revolution Rent as Self
2019Tales of the City as Mrs. Rodriguez
2019Rent as Self
2018John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons as Self
2018New Amsterdam as Christy Cummings
2017Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2017The Holdouts as Rachel
2014Emoticon as Anna
2014Fall to Rise as Sheila
2013The Blacklist as Delores Knapp
2012Smash as Agnes
2011Hustling
2011Union Square as Sara
2010Jack Goes Boating as Lucy
2010F--k as Daphne
2008Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway as Herself (uncredited)
2008Rachel Getting Married as Wedding Guest
2008Sex and the City as Baby Voiced Woman
2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' as Self
2005Alchemy as Belladonna Editor
2003Virgin as Frances
2003Hey Joel
2003Justice as Roberta
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Carmen Mendoza
2000Skeleton Woman as Olya
1999Flawless as Tia
1998Wild Things as Detective Gloria Perez
1997Sesame Street: Quiet Time as Herself
1997Sesame Street: Quiet Time as Self
1996Spin City as Daphne Rubin-Vega
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Cast of Rent
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Little Juana (voice)
1994I Like It Like That as Modeling School Receptionist
1988The Occultist as Simone (as Daphne)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1971Great Performances as Maria
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer