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.

Filmography

• 2026The Adding Machine — Mr. Zero
• 2025Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along — Carmilla Carmine (voice)
• 2025Twelfth Night — Maria
• 2024Ezra — Agent Margo Jenkins
• Hazbin Hotel — Carmilla Carmine (voice)
• 2024Reverse the Curse — Eva
• Accused — Rose
• 2023Allswell in New York — Serene, Co-Producer, Story
• 2023Bleecker — Kate
• The Changeling — Mrs. Ortiz
• The Horror of Dolores Roach — Executive Producer
• 2022The Same Storm — Lupe Ramirez
• 202125 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
• 2021In the Heights — Daniela
• Only Murders in the Building — Inez
• 2021tick, tick... BOOM! — "Sunday" Legend #14
• 2020Pitch Black Panacea — Narrator (voice)
• Social Distance — Reina Villareal
• 2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America — Candle
• Tales of the City — Mrs. Rodriguez
• New Amsterdam — Christy Cummings
• 2017The Holdouts — Rachel
• 2014Emoticon — Anna
• 2014Fall to Rise — Sheila
• The Blacklist — Delores Knapp
• Smash — Agnes
• Hustling
• 2011Union Square — Sara
• 2010F--k — Daphne
• 2010Jack Goes Boating — Lucy
• 2008Rachel Getting Married — Wedding Guest
• 2008Sex and the City — Baby Voiced Woman
• 2005Alchemy — Belladonna Editor
• Hey Joel
• 2003Justice — Roberta
• 2003Virgin — Frances
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Carmen Mendoza
• 2000Skeleton Woman — Olya
• 1999Flawless — Tia
• 1998Wild Things — Detective Gloria Perez
• Spin City — Daphne Rubin-Vega
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Little Juana (voice)
• 1995Lotto Land — Gloria
• 1994I Like It Like That — Modeling School Receptionist
• 1988The Occultist — Simone (as Daphne)
• Great Performances — Maria

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field — Self
• 2019Rent — Self
• 2019Revolution Rent — Self
• 2018John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons — Self
• 2008Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway — Herself (uncredited)
• 2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' — Self
• 1997Sesame Street: Quiet Time — Herself, Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Cast of Rent
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer
• Broadway: The Next Generation — Self