Daphne Rubin-Vega

Biography

Born 11/18/1968

Panamanian-born singer-actress Daphne Rubin-Vega shot to stardom in 1996 as Mimi, the AIDS-stricken stripper heroine of the late Jonathan Larson's award-winning musical "Rent". The attractive brunette nicely projected the mixture of edginess and naivete that the role required and she earned...
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Highlights

  • In 2004, Cast in the drama "Virgin" about a teenager who believes she is carrying the child of God
  • In 2004, Starred opposite Jimmy Smits in "Anna in the Tropics," a play about relationships in a Tampa cigar factory before the Depression; received a Tony nomination
  • In 2000, Returned to Broadway as co-star of "The Rocky Horror Show"

Family & Companions

  • Tom Costanzo: engaged to be married
  • Jose Mercedes Vega: father (died c. 1970 when Rubin-Vega was two years old)
  • Daphne Rubin: mother (Latina; born on July 6, 1928; died in February 1979)

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