Daphne Rubin-Vega
Acting • Born 1969-11-18
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
55 credits
Wild Things
Movie • 1998
Detective Gloria Perez
I Like It Like That
Movie • 1994
Modeling School Receptionist
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie • 2021
"Sunday" Legend #14
Alchemy
Movie • 2005
Belladonna Editor
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Movie • 1997
Herself
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
Movie • 2024
Self
Reverse the Curse
Movie • 2024
Eva
Union Square
Movie • 2011
Sara
Allswell in New York
Movie • 2023
Serene
Rachel Getting Married
Movie • 2008
Wedding Guest
Jack Goes Boating
Movie • 2010
Lucy
Emoticon
Movie • 2014
Anna
Fall to Rise
Movie • 2014
Sheila
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Ezra
Movie • 2024
Agent Margo Jenkins
The Holdouts
Movie • 2017
Rachel
Justice
Movie • 2003
Roberta
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Movie • 2008
Herself (uncredited)
The Occultist
Movie • 1988
Simone (as Daphne)
Virgin
Movie • 2003
Frances
Flawless
Movie • 1999
Tia
Rent
Movie • 2019
Self
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
Movie • 2018
Self
In the Heights
Movie • 2021
Daniela
F--k
Movie • 2010
Daphne
Pitch Black Panacea
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Movie • 1997
Self
Sex and the City
Movie • 2008
Baby Voiced Woman
Bleecker
Movie • 2023
Kate
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
Movie • 2006
Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie • 2020
Candle
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
Movie • 2021
The Same Storm
Movie • 2022
Lupe Ramirez
Revolution Rent
Movie • 2019
Self
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Movie • 2025
Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Skeleton Woman
Movie • 2000
Olya
Twelfth Night
Movie • 2025
Maria
Lotto Land
Movie • 1995
Gloria
Hey Joel
TV • 2003
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Delores Knapp
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Spin City
TV • 1996
Daphne Rubin-Vega
The Changeling
TV • 2023
Mrs. Ortiz
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Little Juana (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Cast of Rent
Hazbin Hotel
TV • 2024
Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Tales of the City
TV • 2019
Mrs. Rodriguez
New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Christy Cummings
Smash
TV • 2012
Agnes
Hustling
TV • 2011
Accused
TV • 2023
Rose
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Carmen Mendoza
Only Murders in the Building
TV • 2021
Inez
Social Distance
TV • 2020
Reina Villareal
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Maria