# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dascha-polanco
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:40.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dascha-polanco"
name: "Dascha Polanco"
slug: "dascha-polanco"
description: "Dascha Yolaine Polanco is a Dominican actress. She is known for portraying the role of Dayanara \"Daya\" Diaz on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and for the role of Cuca in the 2021 film In the Heights."
tagline: "Dominican actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dascha_Polanco_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1982-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "sheisdash"
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    handle:    "sheisdash"
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    handle:    "DaschaPolanco"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    title: "Поланко, Дэша"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump