Dascha Polanco

Acting · Born 1982-12-03 · Dominican Republic

Biography

Dascha Polanco is a Dominican American actress best known for her role as Dayanara Diaz on Orange Is the New Black.

Known for

• A Little Prayer (2025)
• Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story (2025)
• Air Force One Down (2024)
• Junction (2024)
• Miguel Wants to Fight (2023)
• Samaritan (2022)
• iGilbert (2021)
• In the Heights (2021)
• The Irishman (2019)
• The Perfect Match (2016)
• VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
• Joy (2015)
• The Cobbler (2014)
• Gimme Shelter (2013)
• Stumble (2025)
• Poker Face (2023)
• The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023)
• Tamron Hall (2019)
• Evil (2019)
• Russian Doll (2019)
• When They See Us (2019)
• Chelsea (2016)
• Match Game (2016)
• American Crime Story (2016)