Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1969
- Birthplace
- Panama City, Panama
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
Broadway: The Next Generation TBA
as Self
Rent: 30th Anniversary Concert 2026
Actor
The Adding Machine 2026
as Mr. Zero
Twelfth Night 2025
as Maria
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along 2025
as Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field 2024
as Self
Reverse the Curse 2024
as Eva
Ezra 2024
as Agent Margo Jenkins
Allswell in New York 2023
as Serene, Co-Producer, Story
Bleecker 2023
as Kate
The Same Storm 2022
as Lupe Ramirez
tick, tick... BOOM! 2021
as "Sunday" Legend #14
In the Heights 2021
as Daniela
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love 2021
Actor
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America 2020
as Candle
Pitch Black Panacea 2020
as Narrator (voice)
Revolution Rent 2019
as Self
Rent 2019
as Self
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons 2018
as Self
The Holdouts 2017
as Rachel
Emoticon 2014
as Anna
Fall to Rise 2014
as Sheila
Union Square 2011
as Sara
Jack Goes Boating 2010
as Lucy
F--k 2010
as Daphne
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway 2008
as Herself (uncredited)
Rachel Getting Married 2008
as Wedding Guest
Sex and the City 2008
as Baby Voiced Woman
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' 2006
as Self
Alchemy 2005
as Belladonna Editor
Virgin 2003
as Frances
Justice 2003
as Roberta
Skeleton Woman 2000
as Olya
Flawless 1999
as Tia
Wild Things 1998
as Detective Gloria Perez
Sesame Street: Quiet Time 1997
as Herself, as Self
Lotto Land 1995
as Gloria
I Like It Like That 1994
as Modeling School Receptionist
The Occultist 1988
as Simone (as Daphne)
Credits from TMDB.