Acting · Panama City, Panama · Born November 18, 1969
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.
MovieThe Adding Machine
2026
as Mr. Zero
MovieTwelfth Night
2025
as Maria
MovieHazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
MovieHappy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
as Self
MovieReverse the Curse
2024
as Eva
MovieEzra
2024
as Agent Margo Jenkins
TVHazbin Hotel
2024
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
MovieAllswell in New York
2023
as Serene
TVThe Changeling
2023
as Mrs. Ortiz
MovieBleecker
2023
as Kate
TVAccused
2023
as Rose
MovieThe Same Storm
2022
as Lupe Ramirez
Movietick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as "Sunday" Legend #14
TVOnly Murders in the Building
2021
as Inez
MovieIn the Heights
2021
as Daniela
Movie25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
TVSocial Distance
2020
as Reina Villareal
MovieThe Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Candle
MoviePitch Black Panacea
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRevolution Rent
2019
as Self
TVTales of the City
2019
as Mrs. Rodriguez
MovieRent
2019
as Self
MovieJohn Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018
as Self
TVNew Amsterdam
2018
as Christy Cummings
MovieThe Holdouts
2017
as Rachel
MovieEmoticon
2014
as Anna
MovieFall to Rise
2014
as Sheila
TVThe Blacklist
2013
as Delores Knapp
TVSmash
2012
as Agnes
TVHustling
2011
MovieUnion Square
2011
as Sara
MovieJack Goes Boating
2010
as Lucy
MovieF--k
2010
as Daphne
MovieRent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008
as Herself (uncredited)
MovieRachel Getting Married
2008
as Wedding Guest
MovieSex and the City
2008
as Baby Voiced Woman
MovieNo Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
as Self
MovieAlchemy
2005
as Belladonna Editor
MovieVirgin
2003
as Frances
Hey Joel
2003
MovieJustice
2003
as Roberta
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Carmen Mendoza
MovieSkeleton Woman
2000
as Olya
MovieFlawless
1999
as Tia
MovieWild Things
1998
as Detective Gloria Perez
MovieSesame Street: Quiet Time
1997
as Herself
TVSpin City
1996
as Daphne Rubin-Vega
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Cast of Rent
MovieLotto Land
1995
as Gloria
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Little Juana (voice)
MovieI Like It Like That
1994
as Modeling School Receptionist
MovieThe Occultist
1988
as Simone (as Daphne)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Maria
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
