Daphne Rubin-Vega
Date of birth: 1969-11-18
Place of birth: Panama City, Panama
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Wild Things
1998-03-20
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam
I Like It Like That
1994-10-14
After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021-11-11
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure
Alchemy
2005-04-25
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive compu
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997-04-01
Quiet Time is a Sesame Street video released on April 1, 1997. Big Bird wants to find out what to do
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024-09-20
Enter the colorful world of Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated Patricia Field, the costume designer behin
Reverse the Curse
2024-06-14
Follows Ted, an aimless thirtysomething who moves in with his father Marty when he develops a fatal
Union Square
2011-07-07
Jenny has rejected her tumultuous family and cut off communication, seeking a more ordered life far
Allswell in New York
2023-11-03
Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and fami
Rachel Getting Married
2008-09-03
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend
Jack Goes Boating
2010-09-17
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two
Emoticon
2014-05-30
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern mean
Fall to Rise
2014-04-05
A famous dancer is fired after an injury and thrust into the role of motherhood.
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Ezra
2024-05-30
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic s
The Holdouts
2017-06-29
A comedy about New Yorkers who can’t afford to live in New York anymore
Justice
2003-05-08
A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher t
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008-11-21
Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a g
The Occultist
1988-11-01
A cyborg private eye is hired to protect a Caribbean president visiting New York City. Unknown to hi
Virgin
2003-06-14
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is
Flawless
1999-11-26
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitativ
Rent
2019-01-27
The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of co
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018-11-02
In this one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo finds humor and heartbreak as he traces 3,000 years of
In the Heights
2021-06-10
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to t
F--k
2010-04-07
Some people will do anything to find the location.
Pitch Black Panacea
2020-05-04
Amy and Carl both have lazy eyes. Amy’s left and Carl’s right. They are strangers, volunteers for an
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997-04-01
Quiet Time is a Sesame Street video released on April 1, 1997. Big Bird wants to find out what to do
Sex and the City
2008-05-12
A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girl
Bleecker
2023-06-09
Full of heart, humor, and a phenomenal ensemble, this dark comedy is about people who create little
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006-08-02
Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. F
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020-10-08
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fu
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021-03-02
A quarter century ago, Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical, RENT, opened at New York Theatre Wo
The Same Storm
2022-10-14
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Revolution Rent
2019-11-08
A Cuban-American director travels to his exiled parents' homeland to mount a stage production of the
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025-10-01
In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Luc