Daniela Ruah

 

Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah, born December 2 1983 was an American actress and director. She is best known as NCIS Special Agent Kensi in the role she played in the CBS's CBS police procedural show. She won a Portuguese-television dance competition.Ruah moved to the U.K at the age of 18 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in performing arts from London Metropolitan University. She returned to Portugal where she continued to perform and then in 2007 relocated to New York City to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.Ruah stated that she grew in a family that was both Sephardic and Ashkenazi;her father is of Portuguese Jewish ancestry as is her mother. Jewish roots lie in Russia, Ukraine and Portugal.She is a dual citizen of Portuguese and American citizenship.