Daphne Rubin-Vega
Acting
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.
Known for
2026The Adding Machine
Mr. Zero
2025Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Carmilla Carmine (voice)
2025Twelfth Night
Maria
2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
Self
2024Reverse the Curse
Eva
2024Ezra
Agent Margo Jenkins
2023Allswell in New York
Serene
2023Bleecker
Kate
2022The Same Storm
Lupe Ramirez
2021tick, tick... BOOM!
"Sunday" Legend #14
2021In the Heights
Daniela
202125 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2020Pitch Black Panacea
Narrator (voice)
2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Candle
2019Rent
Self
2019Revolution Rent
Self
2018John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
Self
2017The Holdouts
Rachel
2014Emoticon
Anna
2014Fall to Rise
Sheila
2011Union Square
Sara
2010Jack Goes Boating
Lucy
2010F--k
Daphne
2008Rachel Getting Married
Wedding Guest