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Biography—Ethnicity, Sisters, Parents
Dascha Polanco was born on 3 December 1982 to her father, Ruben Dario Polanco, and her mother, Janet Polanco. She turned 37 years from the time she wrote this wiki post. Dascha’s parents had her in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and she always recognized herself as an Afro-Dominican. Also, at an early age, Dascha moved to the state with her parents and her siblings.
More about her parents: Her father worked as a mechanic, while her mother was a business cosmetologist. Dascha and her siblings were raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Miami. She has a brother and a sister for her siblings.
Dascha Polanco Loss of Weight
Dasha Polanco has been struggling with her body weight from a very young age. Back then, she worried about what people think about her, and sometimes missed a few chances. Reflecting on her younger days, Dascha said she missed many hearings because of her weight. Wherever she went, she heard remarks about her body and her hair.
From there on, she championed body-positivity as a woman with a mouth. And even though Dascha didn’t want young girls to go on a diet to get a slimmer body, she still promoted a safe and fit lifestyle. While Dascha never went into depth about her diets, she gave a glimpse of her work-out on her social media. In recent years, however, Dascha’s commitment to healthy living is evident in her presence as a body. She weighed around 79 kilograms (174 lbs), which means she put a lot of weight on her body.
Controversy
Dascha Polanco found herself drawn into the “anti-black” comparison with Eva Longoria after she remarks on MSNBC.On 7 November 2020, after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the U.S. Presidential election in 2020, Dasha tweeted her response with a gif of topless African women dancing. The tweet caused reactions in which most users thought that the tweet was racially insensitive. Since then, the tweet has been deleted. Likewise, in July 2020, Dascha created similar reactions to her tweet about Emmy award nominations. The LA Times penned a piece titled Emmy 2020: Black candidates gain ground, Latio’s still abysmal representation. Actor John Leguizamo pinned the article in his tweet in which he said,
“Why can’t we Latinx have a slice of pie here? We’re the biggest racial community in America and we’re lacking as though we weren’t there!”
In response, Dascha replied with a tweet,
“If it’s just us talking about it, nobody cares about it. It’s the silence of those who advocate for equality, but just their equality. Diversity but Diversity enough to include the “as long as I’m good; I don’t see a darn thing” attitude.
Most claimed that her tweets were aimed at Black people who campaigned for equality.
Dascha Polanco Net Worth—3 million dollars.
As of 2020, Dascha Polanco had pocketed a gross net value of $3 million, as shown by Cheat Sheet. Dascha Polanco attended Hunter College and graduated in Psychology. She went on to study nursing at the LIU. She served in hospital administration at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. But the passion for acting was always close to her side. To pursue a career in acting, Dascha entered BIH Studios in New York and later signed with Shirley Grant Management. She played a minor role in TV shows such as Unforgettable (2011), NYC 22 (2012), and movies such as Gimme Shelter (2013), The Cobbler (2014), and a few others.
Dascha landed recurring roles in several TV shows, such as American Crime Story (2018), Russian Doll (2019), and When They See Us (2019). But the biggest break of her career was when she landed a part of Dayanara Diaz in Netflix’s Orange Is New Black (2013-2019). She also appeared in The Irishman in 2019.
Dascha Polanco Wesband & Ki
Dascha Polanco was just 17 when she welcomed her daughter Dasany Kristal González. As a teenage mother, she suffered financially, and the people around her were continually criticizing her. But the mother of two children had made up her mind and had the confidence to deal with the situation that could come. She lost her mother during her year as a college student, which she took really hard.
Dasha went on to get her son, Aryam, out of her relationship. She also got engaged to her future partner, but the relationship ended later. By 2020, Dascha Polanco had never married, but because she was a strong woman, she had raised her children by herself. In 2015, Dascha and rapper Travis Scott’s blooming romance appeared on the internet. However, the relationship was settled with little to say to the fans of both of them.
