Daphne Rubin-Vega

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Acting • Born 1969-11-18

Acting1Panama 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

55 credits
Wild Things

Wild Things

Movie • 1998

Detective Gloria Perez

I Like It Like That

I Like It Like That

Movie • 1994

Modeling School Receptionist

tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

Movie • 2021

"Sunday" Legend #14

Alchemy

Alchemy

Movie • 2005

Belladonna Editor

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

Movie • 1997

Herself

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

Movie • 2024

Self

Reverse the Curse

Reverse the Curse

Movie • 2024

Eva

Union Square

Union Square

Movie • 2011

Sara

Allswell in New York

Allswell in New York

Movie • 2023

Serene

Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

Movie • 2008

Wedding Guest

Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

Movie • 2010

Lucy

Emoticon

Emoticon

Movie • 2014

Anna

Fall to Rise

Fall to Rise

Movie • 2014

Sheila

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

Movie

Self

Ezra

Ezra

Movie • 2024

Agent Margo Jenkins

The Holdouts

The Holdouts

Movie • 2017

Rachel

Justice

Justice

Movie • 2003

Roberta

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

Movie • 2008

Herself (uncredited)

The Occultist

The Occultist

Movie • 1988

Simone (as Daphne)

Virgin

Virgin

Movie • 2003

Frances

Flawless

Flawless

Movie • 1999

Tia

Rent

Rent

Movie • 2019

Self

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

Movie • 2018

Self

In the Heights

In the Heights

Movie • 2021

Daniela

F--k

F--k

Movie • 2010

Daphne

Pitch Black Panacea

Pitch Black Panacea

Movie • 2020

Narrator (voice)

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

Movie • 1997

Self

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

Movie • 2008

Baby Voiced Woman

Bleecker

Bleecker

Movie • 2023

Kate

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

Movie • 2006

Self

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Movie • 2020

Candle

25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love

25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love

Movie • 2021

The Same Storm

The Same Storm

Movie • 2022

Lupe Ramirez

Revolution Rent

Revolution Rent

Movie • 2019

Self

Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along

Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along

Movie • 2025

Carmilla Carmine (voice)

Skeleton Woman

Skeleton Woman

Movie • 2000

Olya

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Movie • 2025

Maria

Lotto Land

Lotto Land

Movie • 1995

Gloria

Hey Joel

Hey Joel

TV • 2003

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

TV • 2013

Delores Knapp

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV • 1988

Self - Guest

Spin City

Spin City

TV • 1996

Daphne Rubin-Vega

The Changeling

The Changeling

TV • 2023

Mrs. Ortiz

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV • 1995

Little Juana (voice)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV • 1996

Self - Cast of Rent

Hazbin Hotel

Hazbin Hotel

TV • 2024

Carmilla Carmine (voice)

Tales of the City

Tales of the City

TV • 2019

Mrs. Rodriguez

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

TV • 2018

Christy Cummings

Smash

Smash

TV • 2012

Agnes

Hustling

Hustling

TV • 2011

Accused

Accused

TV • 2023

Rose

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV • 2001

Carmen Mendoza

Only Murders in the Building

Only Murders in the Building

TV • 2021

Inez

Social Distance

Social Distance

TV • 2020

Reina Villareal

Great Performances

Great Performances

TV • 1971

Maria