Daphne Rubin-Vega is a Panamanian-American dancer, singer-songwriter, and actress. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent and 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. She is also known for Wild Things (1998), Sex and the City (2008) and Flawless (1999). She has been married to Tommy Costanzo since September 2002. Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphine Corina, a nurse, and José Mercedes Vega, a carpenter. Rubin-Vega has two Tony Award nominations to her credit: one for her role in Rent as Best Actress in a Musical, and the other for her performance as Conchita in Anna in the Tropics (2003), as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. She won the Theatre World Award in 1996 for Rent. She was also awarded the Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Suspense Thriller for her role in the film Wild Things with Kevin Bacon and Neve Campbell. She starred with Phylicia Rashad in a musical version of Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba at Lincoln Center in March 2006. In November 2010, she received the Independent Spirit Awards nomination for 2011, for her role in Jack Goes Boating. The award ceremony was held in Santa Monica, California in February 2011. She began her musical career as the lead singer for the Latin freestyle group Pajama Party. As a solo artist her biggest success is on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where in 1996 she hit #1 with the song "I Found It." @DaphneRubinVega #DaphneRubinVega #islandpeeps #Rent #MimiMarquez #JackGoesBoating #Lucy #PajamaParty (at Panama City, Panama)
