Dascha Polanco, jarumar Dominikan-Amerika, an haife ta a ranar 3 ga Disamba, 1982. Bayan koma daga Jamhuriyar Dominika zuwa Amurka, inda ta girma a Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Polanco ta yi burin zama jaruma. Duk da haka, ta yi shakku game da yin auditions saboda tsoron tsarin jiki.
Polanco ta haifi É—iyarta Dasany Kristal Gonzalez a lokacin da ta ke da shekaru 18, wadda daga baya ta taka rawar wakilinta a matsayin shekara 14 a cikin shirin “Orange Is the New Black“. Ta haifi É—a nata biyu shekaru bayan haka, kuma ta halarci Kwalejin Hunter, inda ta kammala digiri a fannin psychology a shekarar 2008. Polanco ta yi aiki a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Montefiore a Bronx lokacin da ta yanke shawarar bin harkar wasan kwa dindindin, kuma ba da daÉ—ewa ba ta samu matsayi É—an girma a cikin wani bangare na lokacin farko na shirin “Unforgettable” (CBS, 2011-16).
Polanco ta zama sananniya ne ta hanyar rawar da ta taka a matsayin Dayanara “Daya” Diaz a shirin “Orange Is the New Black” (Netflix, 2013- ). Ta fara aikin fim ne a cikin fim din Vanessa Hudgens “Gimme Shelter” (2013), kuma ta taka rawar Macy a cikin fim din Adam Sandler “… The Cobbler” (2014). Ta kuma taka rawa tare da Jennifer Lawrence a cikin fim din David O. Russell “Joy” (2015).
