Daphne Rubin-Vega

Actress
Producer
Writer

Lights up on Washington Heights...The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.

Play trailer1:31

In the Heights (2021)

Daphne Rubin-Vega was born on 18 November 1968 in Panama City, Panama. She is an actress and producer, known for Wild Things (1998), In the Heights (2021) and Sex and the City (2008). She has been married to Tommy Costanzo since September 2002. They have one child.

More at IMDbPro

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

View contact info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations

Photos38

Daphne Rubin-Vega at an event for In the Heights (2021)

Daphne Rubin-Vega in Jack Goes Boating (2010)

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Daphne Rubin-Vega in Jack Goes Boating (2010)

Jimmy Smits, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, and Gregory Diaz IV in In the Heights (2021)

John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega in Jack Goes Boating (2010)

John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Amy Ryan in Jack Goes Boating (2010)

Robert De Niro and Daphne Rubin-Vega in Flawless (1999)

Known for

Wild Things

6.6

Gloria Perez

1998

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)

In the Heights

7.3

Daniela

2021

Sex and the City

5.7

Baby Voiced Woman

2008

Jack Goes Boating

6.3

Lucy

2010

Credits

Edit

IMDbPro

Actress

Accused
- Rose
- TV Series
- 2023
Bleecker
- Kate
- 2022
Allswell
- Serene
- 2022
New Amsterdam
- Christy Cummings
- TV Series
- 2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
- 'Sunday' Legend #14
- 2021
The Same Storm
- Lupe Ramirez
- 2021
A Simple Herstory
- Tennessee 'Tennie' Celeste Claflin
- Podcast Series
- 2021
In the Heights
- Daniela
- 2021
The Pack Podcast
- Toni (voice)
- Podcast Series
- 2021
The Blacklist
- Delores Knapp
- TV Series
- 2021
The Disaster Dreams
- Madi (voice)
- Short
- 2021
Social Distance
- Reina Villareal
- TV Mini Series
- 2020
The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America
- Candle
- TV Movie
- 2020
Katy Keene
- Mrs. Lopez
- Luisa Lopez
- TV Series
- 2020
Pitch Black Panacea
- Narrator (voice)
- Short
- 2020

Producer

Official site
- Official Site
Alternative name
- Daphne
Height
- 5′ 2½″ (1.59 m)
Born
- November 18, 1968
- Panama City, Panama
Spouse
- Tommy CostanzoSeptember 2002 - present (1 child)
Children
- Luca Ariel Constanzo
Other works
Originated the role of Mimi in the Tony-award winning Broadway musical, "RENT."

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The costumes that she wore in the Original Broadway Company of RENT were from her own closet. The clothes inspired a line of RENT-related clothes in Bloomingdales (1996). Still lives in the New York apartment that she has been in since before the RENT phenomenon.

Quotes
We didn't want to go to Broadway to become Broadway stars; we went to kick the motherf***in' doors of Broadway open, because it's old-school and it's stodgy. We were invited there, and that was cool.