Dascha Yolaine Polanco (born December 3, 1982) is a Dominican American actress best known for her role as Dayanara Diaz on Orange Is the New Black.

Filmography

• 2025A Little Prayer — Narcedalia
• Stumble — Krystal's Mom-ager
• 2025Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story — Marcela Borges
• 2024Air Force One Down — Vice President Hansen
• 2024Junction — Dana
• 2023Miguel Wants to Fight — Mrs. Rodriguez
• Poker Face — Natalie
• The Walking Dead: Dead City — Lucia Narvaez
• 2022DC League of Super-Pets — Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern (voice)
• 2022Samaritan — Tiffany Cleary
• 2021In the Heights — Cuca
• 2021iGilbert — Jana
• Evil — Patti Hitchens
• Russian Doll — Beatrice
• 2019The Irishman — Nurse
• When They See Us — Elena
• American Crime Story — Det. Lori Wieder
• 2016The Perfect Match — Pressie
• 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
• 2015Joy — Jackie
• 2014The Cobbler — Macy
• 2013Gimme Shelter — Carmel
• Orange Is the New Black — Dayanara Diaz
• Unforgettable — Estella
• American Dad! — (voice)

Appearances as themselves (5)

• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Chelsea — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self