Awards & Winners

Dascha Polanco

Also know as Dash Polanco
Profession Actor
Dascha "Dash" Polanco is a Dominican actress best known for playing the character Dayanara Diaz on Orange Is the New Black.

Awards by Dascha Polanco

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dascha Polanco.

2014


ALMA Award for Special Achievement in Television
(Honored for their riveting portrayals of characters Gloria Mendoza and Dayanara Diaz on Netflix\u2019s critically acclaimed comedic drama \u201COrange is the New Black,\u201D set in a women\u2019s prison. This remarkably successful show, which just finished filming its third season, accentuates the work of its multicultural bevy of talented Latino actresses, whose roles have broken barriers and put human faces on the issues that confront those, including women of color, who are affected by our country\u2019s criminal justice system.)