Daphne Rubin-Vega Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Daphne Rubin-Vega (born November 18, 1969 in Panama City, Panama) is a dancer, singer, and actress. She is best known for originating the role of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent, and the role of Lucy, in the Off-Broadway play Jack Goes Boating.In 2012, Daphne also appeared as Bombshell publicist Agnes in the second season of the NBC TV series Smash.
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Fea...
Movies
Wild Things, Jack Goes Boating, Flawless, Sex and the City, I Like It Like That, Union Square, Robinita Hood, Lotto Land, Virgin, Emoticon ;), Justice, Alchemy, The Occultist, Gone to the Dogs, F--K, Fall To Rise, Skeleton Woman
TV Shows
Hey Joel
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Glitter
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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.
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Playing Magenta in Broadway's Rocky Horror Show Live [2001]
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Playing Conchita in Nilo Cruz's "Anna In The Tropics" on Broadway. [2004]
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Has a son, Luca Ariel Constanzo, born on December 5, 2004.
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Studied acting at Michael Howard Studios in New York City.
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She and Fredi Walker (Joanne) were the only two original Broadway cast members who did not reprise their roles in the movie version of "Rent." Daphne did not reprise her role due to pregnancy and the role of Mimi was played on film by Rosario Dawson. Fredi refused the movie role because she thought she had aged beyond what the audience would believe; the role of Joanne in the movie was played by Tracie Thoms.
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It was her performance in Broadway's "Rent" that ultimately won her the role of Det. Gloria Perez in Wild Things (1998).
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Has twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: as Best Actress (Musical), in 1996 for her performance as Mimi in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize winning "Rent;" and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 2004 for "Anna in the Tropics." .
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Received the Theatre World Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Mimi in "Rent".
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Was a member of the pop trio "Pajama Party" before heading to Broadway to star in "Rent". They scored a number one club hit with the song "Yo No Se".
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Was born in Panama.
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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.
$200,000
