<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2011--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Dascha Polanco (born December 3, 1982) is a Dominican American actress . She is known for playing the character Dayanara "Daya" Diaz on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black . As of January 2018, she has a recurring role on The Assasination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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