Dascha Polanco

Producer / Actor / Costume and Wardrobe Department

Birthdate – December 3, 1982 (41 Years Old)

Birthplace – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Dascha Polanco is a Dominican American actress known for playing the character Dayanara ‘Daya’ Diaz on Orange Is the New Black (2013). As of January 2018, she has a recurring role on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2016) as Detective Lori Weider. Polanco was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and moved to the United States at a young age. She was raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York and Miami by her father, a mechanic, and mother, a cosmetologist. Polanco is the oldest of three children; she has a brother and sister.

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Filmography

Samaritan

Isabelle (2022)

Joy

Jackie (2015)

MFKZ

Luna (voice) (2018)

The Irishman

Nurse (2019)

In the Heights

Cuca (2021)

DC League of Super-Pets

Green Lantern (2022)

Junction

Dana (2024)