1. Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah Olsen was born on December 2,1983 and is an American-Portuguese actress and film director best known for playing NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS police procedural series NCIS: Los Angeles.
12 Facts About Daniela Ruah
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When Daniela Ruah was 5, the family moved back to Portugal, where she attended St Julian's School and, at 16, began acting in telenovelas.
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Daniela Ruah moved to the UK at the age of 18 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in performing arts from London Metropolitan University.
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Daniela Ruah returned to Portugal where she continued acting, and in 2007 moved to New York City to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
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Daniela Ruah stated that she grew up in an environment that was both Sephardic and Ashkenazi; her father is of Portuguese-Jewish ancestry, and her mother's Jewish roots are in Russia, Ukraine and Portugal.
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Daniela Ruah started acting in Portuguese soap operas when she was a teen.
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Daniela Ruah made her acting debut at 16, when she played Sara on the soap opera Jardins Proibidos.
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Daniela Ruah was the winner of the celebrity dance competition Danca Comigo and got main roles in television series, short films, and theatre.
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Daniela Ruah starred as Special Agent Kensi Blye in NCIS: Los Angeles, which first aired on September 22,2009.
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In 2013, Daniela Ruah appeared in David Auburn's play Proof at Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre.
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Daniela Ruah has a distinguishable birthmark in her right eye, called the nevus of Ota.
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Daniela Ruah married David Olsen, the older brother and stunt double of Daniela Ruah's NCIS: Los Angeles co-star Eric Christian Olsen, in an interfaith ceremony in 2014.