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.

Known For

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Carmen Mendoza

Tony Awards

Self - Performer

The Blacklist

Delores Knapp

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

Spin City

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Smash

Agnes

New Amsterdam

Christy Cummings

Only Murders in the Building

Inez

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field	Self
2024	Reverse the Curse	Eva
2024	Ezra	Agent Margo Jenkins
2023	Allswell in New York	Serene
2023	Bleecker	Kate
2022	The Same Storm	Lupe Ramirez
2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	"Sunday" Legend #14
2021	In the Heights	Daniela
2021	25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2020	Pitch Black Panacea	Narrator (voice)
2020	The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America	Candle
2019	Rent	Herself
2019	Revolution Rent	Self
2018	John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons	Self
2017	Broadway: The Next Generation	Self
2017	The Holdouts	Rachel
2014	Emoticon	Anna
2014	Fall to Rise	Sheila
2011	Union Square	Sara
2010	Jack Goes Boating	Lucy
2010	F--k	Daphne
2008	Rachel Getting Married	Wedding Guest
2008	Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway	Herself (uncredited)
2008	Sex and the City	Baby Voiced Woman
2006	No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'	Herself
2005	Alchemy	Belladonna Editor
2003	Justice	Roberta
2003	Virgin	Frances
1999	Flawless	Tia
1998	Wild Things	Detective Gloria Perez
1997	Sesame Street: Quiet Time	Herself
1997	Sesame Street: Quiet Time	Self
1994	I Like It Like That	Modeling School Receptionist
1988	The Occultist	Simone (as Daphne)

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Hazbin Hotel	Carmilla Carmine (voice)
2023	The Changeling	Mrs. Ortiz
2023	Accused	Rose
2021	Only Murders in the Building	Inez
2020	Social Distance	Reina Villareal
2019	Tales of the City	Mrs. Rodriguez
2018	New Amsterdam	Christy Cummings
2013	The Blacklist	Delores Knapp
2012	Smash	Agnes
2011	Hustling
2003	Hey Joel
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Carmen Mendoza
1996	Spin City	Daphne Rubin-Vega
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Cast of Rent
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Little Juana (voice)
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer