Dascha Polanco

About Dascha Polanco

Orange Is the New Black in the role of Dayanara Diaz who was cast in the 2013 independent film Gimme Shelter and the 2014 comedy film The Cobbler.

Dascha Yolaine Polanco is a Dominican-American actress. She is known to have played Dayanara "Daya" Diaz in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.

Born	Dascha Yolaine Polanco, December 3, 1982, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Alma mater	Hunter College
Children	2
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

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Trivia

Her first acting credits were in the television shows Unforgettable and NYC 22.

Dascha Polanco before fame

She wanted to be an actress since she was a child, and her first full-time acting gig was on Orange is the New Black. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hunter College and then worked as a hospital administrator while studying nursing.

Achievement of Dascha Polanco

Her first television appearances were in the series Unforgettable and NYC 22.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$5 Million

Dascha Polanco family life

She moved to the US from the Dominican Republic when she was a child, and was raised in Brooklyn and Miami by parents Rubén Darío Polanco and Janet Polanco. She is the mother of three children.

Associations of Dascha Polanco

In Orange Is the New Black, Elizabeth Rodriguez portrays her mother.

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