Daphne Rubin-Vega Biography
Daphne Rubin-Vega is a Panamanian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress. She is best known for her roles in the Broadway musical Rent and the Off-Broadway production Jack Goes Boating.
How old is Daphne Rubin-Vega? – Age
She is 53 years old as of 18 November 2022. She was born in 1969 in Panama City, Panama. Her real name is Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Daphne Rubin-Vega Family
Rubin-Vega was born to Daphine Corina, a medical caretaker, and José Mercedes Vega, a woodworker. Leonard Rubin was her stepfather’s writer. Because the canal provided opportunities for West Indians of African descent throughout the Caribbean, her mother’s family moved to Panama from Barbados. When Daphne was just two years old, her mother moved her family from Panama to the United States. She died eight years later. She went to the New LAByrinth Theater Company and William Esper Studio to study theater. Additionally, she was a member of the comedy group El Barrio USA.
Who is Daphne Rubin-Vega Married to? – Husband
Since 2002, Rubin-Vega has been married to Thomas Costanzo, a businessman. Their son is born.
How tall is Daphne Rubin-Vega? – Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.59 m).
Daphne Rubin-Vega Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million.
Daphne Rubin-Vega Mimi
She appeared as Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent. On Christmas Eve, two East Village roommates struggle to stay warm and produce art. After Mark the filmmaker split up with Maureen, Mark’s mother leaves him a voicemail wishing him a happy holiday and attempting to console him. Before cutting off their electricity, the new landlord of the former roommate demands the previous year’s rent. Mimi and Roger decide to continue their relationship after learning that each other is HIV-positive.
Mark, Roger, Mimi, Joanne, Collins, and Angel get together to get into Mark and Roger’s apartment once more. A dance that represents all of the couples’ sex lives is performed. The two previous relationships end up breaking up at the number’s climax, and Angel passes away suddenly. Collins is compelled to leave the church because he cannot pay for Angel’s funeral. Roger leaves because he can’t deal with Mimi’s declining health and becomes irate with Mark. Mimi is instructed to return to Roger and remain with him by a vision of Angel. Roger tells her to hold on as he plays the song he wrote for her as she begins to fade.
Daphne Rubin-Vega Jack Goes Boating
She appeared as Lucy in the 2010 American romantic drama film Jack Goes Boating. Jack is a reserved limo driver who lives with his uncle and works for him. Clyde, Jack’s best friend and coworker, and Clyde’s wife Lucy arranged a date for Jack with Connie, their new employee. As Jack and Connie become more acquainted, he decides to learn to swim so that he can take her boating in the summer. Jack decides that he wants to be the chef and cook for Connie after she says that no one has ever cooked for her.
Daphne Rubin-Vega Rent and Broadway
Rubin-Vega landed an audition for a new musical written and composed by Jonathan Larson while performing with El Barrio USA. Mimi Marquez, a nineteen-year-old HIV-positive heroin addict who works as an exotic dancer at the Cat Scratch Club, was cast in the Broadway musical Rent. Rubin-Vega claims that she was not a big fan of the musical theater before landing the role. The struggling actress sang “Roxanne” by The Police as an audition for musical director Tim Weil. She was then given an original number from the production and instructed to memorize it.
Rubin-Vega appeared in the play’s first workshop before it was staged on Broadway. The script at the time was vastly different from the current version. She worked on the role until its Broadway debut on April 29, 1996. Marcy Harriell took her place in the cast on April 5, 1997. Rubin-Vega did not appear in the film adaptation of Rent because she was pregnant at the time of casting and filming. Rosario Dawson was eventually cast in the role. Wilson Jermaine Heredia, with whom she co-starred in the 1999 film Flawless, was one of her co-stars.
Rubin-Vega has two Tony Award nominations: one for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Rent, and another for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Conchita in Anna in the Tropics. In March 2006, she co-starred with Phylicia Rashad in a musical adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba at Lincoln Center. Beginning November 9, 2006, she played Fantine in the Broadway revival of the popular musical Les Misérables. Lea Salonga took her place on March 2, 2007.
Rent earned her a Theatre World Award in 1996. She was also nominated for a Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Suspense Thriller for her role in Wild Things. She later played Magenta in the Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show in 2000. She played the role through the 2001 New York terrorist attacks, and in 2005, Rubin-Vega told Fox News that the theater had gone from selling out to barely selling any tickets at all: “It went from full house to practically two people.”
Daphne Rubin-Vega Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2022 – Bleecker
♦ 2022 – Serene
♦ 2021 – ‘Sunday’ Legend #14
♦ 2021 – The Same Storm
♦ 2021 – A Simple Herstory
♦ 2021 – The Blacklist
♦ 2020 – The Pack Podcast
♦ 2019 – Tales of the City
♦ 2019 – The Two Princes
♦ 2013 – Smash
♦ 2008 – Law & Order: Criminal Intent
♦ 2000 – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
♦ 1996 – New York Undercover
♦ 2018 – New Amsterdam