Dascha Polanco

Biography

<p><span style="background-color: rgb(246, 246, 245); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dascha Polanco is a Dominican American actress known for playing the character Dayanara "Daya" Diaz on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372162?ref_=nmbio_mbio" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(246, 246, 245); color: rgb(19, 108, 178);">Orange Is the New Black</a><span style="background-color: rgb(246, 246, 245); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;(2013). As of January 2018, she has a recurring role on The Assassination of Gianni Versace:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788432?ref_=nmbio_mbio" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(246, 246, 245); color: rgb(19, 108, 178);">American Crime Story</a><span style="background-color: rgb(246, 246, 245); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;(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.</span></p>