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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
as Self
Enter the colorful world of Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated Patricia Field, the costume designer behind Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Ugly Betty, an...
Reverse the Curse
2024
as Eva
Follows Ted, an aimless thirtysomething who moves in with his father Marty when he develops a fatal illness. Marty’s health suffers every time the Bos...
Ezra
2024
as Agent Margo Jenkins
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront ...
Allswell in New York
2023
as Serene
Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humor and solace within the ...
Allswell in New York
2023
Co-Producer, Story
Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humor and solace within the ...
Bleecker
2023
as Kate
Full of heart, humor, and a phenomenal ensemble, this dark comedy is about people who create little distractions for themselves in order to avoid deal...
The Same Storm
2022
as Lupe Ramirez
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as "Sunday" Legend #14
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
In the Heights
2021
as Daniela
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Hei...
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
A quarter century ago, Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical, RENT, opened at New York Theatre Workshop. From its humble beginnings at NYTW, this r...
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Candle
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.
Pitch Black Panacea
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Amy and Carl both have lazy eyes. Amy’s left and Carl’s right. They are strangers, volunteers for an unusual, life-altering treatment in which they wi...
Revolution Rent
2019
as Self
A Cuban-American director travels to his exiled parents' homeland to mount a stage production of the musical, RENT, where he discovers an inspiring ar...
Rent
2019
as Herself
The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018
as Self
In this one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo finds humor and heartbreak as he traces 3,000 years of Latin history in an effort to help his bullied so...
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
The Holdouts
2017
as Rachel
A comedy about New Yorkers who can’t afford to live in New York anymore
Emoticon
2014
as Anna
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern means of communication.' All that changes when she mee...
Fall to Rise
2014
as Sheila
A famous dancer is fired after an injury and thrust into the role of motherhood.
Union Square
2011
as Sara
Jenny has rejected her tumultuous family and cut off communication, seeking a more ordered life far from her roots in the Bronx. And she's almost read...
Jack Goes Boating
2010
as Lucy
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
F--k
2010
as Daphne
Some people will do anything to find the location.
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008
as Herself (uncredited)
Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their...
Rachel Getting Married
2008
as Wedding Guest
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Sex and the City
2008
as Baby Voiced Woman
A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadver...
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
as Self
Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire cast,...
Alchemy
2005
as Belladonna Editor
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known professor?
Virgin
2003
as Frances
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Justice
2003
as Roberta
A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher to agree to a limited run of "Justice", a comic boo...
Flawless
1999
as Tia
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the...
Wild Things
1998
as Detective Gloria Perez
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, re...
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997
as Herself
Quiet Time is a Sesame Street video released on April 1, 1997. Big Bird wants to find out what to do at "quiet time." He asks his friends for suggesti...
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997
as Self
Quiet Time is a Sesame Street video released on April 1, 1997. Big Bird wants to find out what to do at "quiet time." He asks his friends for suggesti...
I Like It Like That
1994
as Modeling School Receptionist
After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her gender-confused sibling, her critical mother-in-l...
The Occultist
1988
as Simone (as Daphne)
A cyborg private eye is hired to protect a Caribbean president visiting New York City. Unknown to him, the president's daughter is in league with his ...