Daphne Rubin-Vega

Born: 1969-11-18, Panama City, Panama

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.

Filmography

• The Blacklist (2013)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
• Only Murders in the Building (2021)
• Hazbin Hotel (2024)
• Great Performances (1971)
• Spin City (1996)
• New Amsterdam (2018)
• Smash (2012)
• The Changeling (2023)
• Wild Things (1998)
• Tales of the City (2019)
• Rachel Getting Married (2008)
• The Horror of Dolores Roach (2023)
• In the Heights (2021)
• tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
• Ezra (2024)
• Social Distance (2020)
• Reverse the Curse (2024)
• Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
• The Same Storm (2022)
• Union Square (2011)
• F--K (2010)
• Pitch Black Panacea (2020)
• Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along (2025)
• Lotto Land (1995)
• Jack Goes Boating (2010)
• Emoticon (2014)
• The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
• 25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love (2021)
• I Like It Like That (1994)