Dascha Polanco (Dominican-American Actress) – Husband, Weight Loss, Daughter, Net Worth

Dascha Polanco is an American actress, known for portraying the role of Dayanara “Daya” Diaz on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Although Dascha was born in Santo Dominga she was raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Miami (different cities of the United States) at a young age only. So, she has spent most of her childhood in the US with her father, mother, and siblings. Since her early life, she was interested in the acting field. But she was concerned about her weight as she was a chubby child. 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.

Dascha Polanco Biography

She was born on December 3, 1982, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic which is the capital city. Currently, she is in her late thirty and 38 years old. About her family, the name of her mother is Janet Polanco who is a cosmetologist. Similarly, the name of his father is Rubén Darío Polanco who is a mechanic. She has two siblings a brother and a sister and she is the oldest child. As Dascha was moved to New York at a young age so she went to an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York City, and also attended high school. Despite having an interest in acting, Dascha Polancde completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Hunter College. She began working in the healthcare industry to become a nurse after college. She was working in hospital administration at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx while studying nursing.

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Career: After studying nursing, gradually she developed the courage to pursue acting again. She registered herself with an acting studio and attended BIH Studios in New York. And through her talent, she enrolled by the talent agency Shirley Grant Management. Initially, she featured as minor parts in the television series Unforgettable and NYC 22.

Eventually, she got one of her famous roles as Dayanara “Daya” Diaz in the Netflix series ‘Orange Is the New Black’ which is an American comedy-drama streaming television where she was an inmate in a women’s prison. After one year, she got the role named ‘Carmel’ in the independent film Gimme Shelter.