Daphne Rubin-Vega
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
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
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
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)