Daphne Rubin-Vega
ActingDaphne 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.
Movies
Mr. Zero
The Adding Machine
2026
Maria
Twelfth Night
2025
Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025
Self
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
Eva
Reverse the Curse
2024
Agent Margo Jenkins
Ezra
2024
Serene
Allswell in New York
2023
Kate
Bleecker
2023
Lupe Ramirez
The Same Storm
2022
"Sunday" Legend #14
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Daniela
In the Heights
2021
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
Candle
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Narrator (voice)
Pitch Black Panacea
2020
Self
Revolution Rent
2019
Self
Rent
2019
Self
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018
Rachel
The Holdouts
2017
Anna
Emoticon
2014
Sheila
Fall to Rise
2014
TV Shows
Carmilla Carmine (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
2024
Mrs. Ortiz
The Changeling
2023
Rose
Accused
2023
Inez
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Reina Villareal
Social Distance
2020
Mrs. Rodriguez
Tales of the City
2019
Christy Cummings
New Amsterdam
2018
Delores Knapp
The Blacklist
2013
Agnes
Smash
2012
Hustling
2011
Hey Joel
2003
Carmen Mendoza
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Spin City
1996
Self - Cast of Rent
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Little Juana (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Maria
Great Performances
1971
Self - Performer
Tony Awards
1956