Daphne Rubin-Vega
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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
Credits
Sex and the City (2008)
as Baby Voiced Woman
Wild Things (1998)
as Detective Gloria Perez
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
as "Sunday" Legend #14
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
as Wedding Guest
In the Heights (2021)
as Daniela
Ezra (2024)
as Agent Margo Jenkins
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along (2025)
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Flawless (1999)
as Tia
Twelfth Night (2025)
as Maria
Rent (2019)
as Self
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
as Herself (uncredited)
F--k (2010)
as Daphne
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
The Same Storm (2022)
as Lupe Ramirez
Union Square (2011)
as Sara
Jack Goes Boating (2010)
as Lucy
Virgin (2003)
as Frances
I Like It Like That (1994)
as Modeling School Receptionist
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' (2006)
as Self
Reverse the Curse (2024)
as Eva
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons (2018)
as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Candle
Lotto Land (1995)
as Gloria
Alchemy (2005)
as Belladonna Editor
Fall to Rise (2014)
as Sheila
Emoticon (2014)
as Anna
Justice (2003)
as Roberta
Revolution Rent (2019)
as Self
Bleecker (2023)
as Kate
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2024)
as Self
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love (2021)
Actor
The Occultist (1988)
as Simone (as Daphne)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997)
as Herself
Allswell in New York (2023)
as Serene
The Holdouts (2017)
as Rachel
The Adding Machine (2026)
as Mr. Zero
Pitch Black Panacea (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Skeleton Woman (2000)
as Olya