1. Daphne Rubin-Vega is a Panamanian-American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter.
28 Facts About Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Daphne Rubin-Vega 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.
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In 2021, Daphne Rubin-Vega starred as salon owner Daniela in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphine Corina, a nurse, and Jose Mercedes Vega, a carpenter.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega's mother moved from Panama to the United States with her children when Daphne was only two years old, and died eight years later.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega studied theater at the New LAByrinth Theater Company as well as with William Esper Studio.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega performed with the comedy group El Barrio USA.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega was then handed an original number from the production and told to learn it.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega performed in the original workshop before the play went to Broadway.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega developed the role all the way to its Broadway premiere on April 29,1996.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega left the cast on April 5,1997, and was replaced by Marcy Harriell.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega did not participate in the film adaptation of Rent, as she was pregnant at the time of the movie's casting and filming.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega has two Tony Award nominations to her credit: Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Rent, and Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Conchita in Anna in the Tropics.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega won the Theatre World Award in 1996 for Rent.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega was awarded the Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Suspense Thriller for her role in the film Wild Things.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega later appeared in the 2000 Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show in the role of Magenta.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega starred with Phylicia Rashad in a musical version of Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba at Lincoln Center in March 2006.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega played the role of Fantine in the 2006 Broadway revival of the popular musical Les Miserables beginning November 9.
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In February 2007, Daphne Rubin-Vega performed alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman in the play Jack Goes Boating off-Broadway at The Public Theater.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega starred Off-Broadway as Yvette in Tommy Nohilly's world premier of Blood From A Stone at The New Group's Acorn Theater until February 19,2011.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega appeared in the Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore from March 23 to April 24,2011.
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In spring 2012, Daphne Rubin-Vega returned to Broadway in a new revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, playing the role of Stella Kowalski opposite Blair Underwood as Stanley.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega performed the lead role in the scripted fiction podcast The Horror of Dolores Roach, which was released by Gimlet Media in October 2018.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega was the lead singer for the Latin freestyle girl group Pajama Party, placing three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989 and 1990.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega released her second full-length album of original songs titled Redemption Songs released in October 2006 on Sh-K Boom Records.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega has been married to businessman Thomas Costanzo since 2002.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega appears on the original cast recording of Rent and the revival recording of The Rocky Horror Show.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega appears on A Very Marti Holiday, a Christmas album heavily featured on Shade: Queens of NYC in which Daphne Rubin-Vega had a guest appearance, and on the Katy Keene soundtrack.