Daphne Rubin-Vega
1.5Acting

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Nov 18, 1969 - 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

Cast

Media
Movie1998Wild ThingsDetective Gloria Perez
Movie1994I Like It Like ThatModeling School Receptionist
Movie2021tick, tick... BOOM!"Sunday" Legend #14
Movie2005AlchemyBelladonna Editor
Movie1997Sesame Street: Quiet TimeHerself
Movie2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia FieldSelf
Movie2024Reverse the CurseEva
Movie2011Union SquareSara
Movie2023Allswell in New YorkSerene
Movie2008Rachel Getting MarriedWedding Guest
Movie2010Jack Goes BoatingLucy
Movie2014EmoticonAnna
Movie2014Fall to RiseSheila
Movie2017Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
Movie2024EzraAgent Margo Jenkins
Movie2017The HoldoutsRachel
Movie2003JusticeRoberta
Movie2008Rent: Filmed Live on BroadwayHerself (uncredited)
Movie1988The OccultistSimone (as Daphne)
Movie2003VirginFrances
Movie1999FlawlessTia
Movie2019RentHerself
Movie2018John Leguizamo's Latin History for MoronsSelf
Movie2021In the HeightsDaniela
Movie2010F--kDaphne
Movie2020Pitch Black PanaceaNarrator (voice)
Movie1997Sesame Street: Quiet TimeSelf
Movie2008Sex and the CityBaby Voiced Woman
Movie2023BleeckerKate
Movie2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'Self
Movie2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaCandle
Movie202125 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
Movie2022The Same StormLupe Ramirez
Movie2019Revolution RentSelf
TV Show2003Hey Joel13
TV Show2013The BlacklistDelores Knapp1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest2
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer1
TV Show1996Spin CityDaphne Rubin-Vega1
TV Show2023The ChangelingMrs. Ortiz1
TV Show1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildLittle Juana (voice)1
TV Show1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Cast of Rent1
TV Show2024Hazbin HotelCarmilla Carmine (voice)2
TV Show2019Tales of the CityMrs. Rodriguez3
TV Show2018New AmsterdamChristy Cummings1
TV Show2012SmashAgnes8
TV Show2011Hustling12
TV Show2023AccusedRose1
TV Show2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentCarmen Mendoza1
TV Show2021Only Murders in the BuildingInez4
TV Show2020Social DistanceReina Villareal1

Crew

Media
Movie2023Allswell in New YorkCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2023Allswell in New YorkStoryWriting
TV Show2023The Horror of Dolores RoachExecutive ProducerProduction