
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Acting
Born 1969-11-18 · 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.
Known for

Sex and the City
2008 · Movie

Wild Things
1998 · Movie

Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Movie

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Movie

In the Heights
2021 · Movie

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

Ezra
2024 · Movie

25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021 · Movie

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008 · Movie

Flawless
1999 · Movie

The Same Storm
2022 · Movie

Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025 · Movie

Rent
2019 · Movie

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

Jack Goes Boating
2010 · Movie

I Like It Like That
1994 · Movie

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018 · Movie

Alchemy
2005 · Movie

F--k
2010 · Movie

Twelfth Night
2025 · Movie

Reverse the Curse
2024 · Movie

Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997 · Movie

Pitch Black Panacea
2020 · Movie

Virgin
2003 · Movie

Justice
2003 · Movie

Union Square
2011 · Movie

The Occultist
1988 · Movie

Lotto Land
1995 · Movie

Allswell in New York
2023 · Movie

Skeleton Woman
2000 · Movie

Emoticon
2014 · Movie

Bleecker
2023 · Movie

Broadway: The Next Generation
— · Movie

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 · Movie

The Holdouts
2017 · Movie

Revolution Rent
2019 · Movie

The Adding Machine
2026 · Movie

Fall to Rise
2014 · Movie