Daphne Rubin-Vega
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.
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Films (39)

Rent: 30th Anniversary Concert
2026

The Adding Machine
2026 · Mr. Zero

Twelfth Night
2025 · Maria

Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025 · Carmilla Carmine (voice)

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 · Self

Ganando sin parar
2024 · Eva

Siempre Juntos
2024 · Agent Margo Jenkins

Allswell in New York
2023 · Serene, Co-Producer, Story

Bleecker
2023 · Kate

The Same Storm
2022 · Lupe Ramirez

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · "Sunday" Legend #14

D'où l'on vient
2021 · Daniela

25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020 · Candle

Pitch Black Panacea
2020 · Narrator (voice)

Revolution Rent
2019 · Self

Rent
2019 · Self

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018 · Self

The Holdouts
2017 · Rachel

Emoticon
2014 · Anna

Fall to Rise
2014 · Sheila

Union Square
2011 · Sara

Rendez-vous l'été prochain
2010 · Lucy

F--k
2010 · Daphne

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008 · Herself (uncredited)

Rachel se marie
2008 · Wedding Guest

Sex and the City, le film
2008 · Baby Voiced Woman

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006 · Self

Alchemy
2005 · Belladonna Editor

Virgin
2003 · Frances

Justice
2003 · Roberta

Skeleton Woman
2000 · Olya

Personne n'est parfait(e)
1999 · Tia

Sexcrimes
1998 · Detective Gloria Perez

Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997 · Herself, Self

Lotto Land
1995 · Gloria

I Like It Like That
1994 · Modeling School Receptionist

The Occultist
1988 · Simone (as Daphne)

Broadway: The Next Generation
· Self
Séries (19)

Hôtel Hazbin
2024 · Carmilla Carmine (voice)

Le changelin
2023 · Mrs. Ortiz

La trágica historia de Dolores Roach
2023 · Executive Producer

Accused
2023 · Rose

Solo Asesinatos en el Edificio
2021 · Inez

Distance sociale
2020 · Reina Villareal

Les Chroniques de San Francisco
2019 · Mrs. Rodriguez

New Amsterdam
2018 · Christy Cummings

Blacklist
2013 · Delores Knapp

Smash
2012 · Agnes

Hustling
2011

Hey Joel
2003

New York Section Criminelle
2001 · Carmen Mendoza

Spin City
1996 · Daphne Rubin-Vega

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Cast of Rent

Felices Para Siempre
1995 · Little Juana (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest

Great Performances
1971 · Maria

Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
