- Born
- Birth nameDaniela Sofia Korn Ruah
- Nickname
- Danni
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Daniela was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Portuguese-born parents, Catarina Lia Azancot Korn- an audiologist, and Moisés Carlos Bentes Ruah, an otolaryngologist, both of Jewish descent. She lived in the US until she was five and speaks Portuguese and English fluently. Daniela attended St. Julian's School in Portugal where she grew up, landing her first acting role at the age of 16. She kept working on diverse projects while finishing high school and at the age of 18, she moved to England to do a B.A. in Performing Arts at the London Metropolitan University. In 2007, she moved to New York to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Shortly after Daniela was cast as Special Agent Kensi Blye on the CBS hit drama NCIS Los Angeles, airing for 14 seasons.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseDavid Paul Olsen(June 19, 2014 - present) (2 children)
- Parents
- Has a distinguishable birthmark in her right eye; her other eye is hazel.
- Tall and athletic figure
- Has Nevus of Ota in her right eye.
- Winner of Dança Comigo (2006) - season 1 (Portuguese version of Dancing with the Stars (2005)).
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 32, a daughter named Sierra Esther Ruah Olsen on September 4, 2016. Child's father is her husband, David Paul Olsen.
- She has played the same character (Kensi Blye) in three different series: NCIS (2003), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010).
- Daniela's paternal grandparents, Samuel Allenby Bentes Ruah and Esther Buzaglo Bensusan, were both Sephardi Jews (their families lived in Portugal and Gibraltar). Daniela's maternal grandfather, Max Joachim Korn, was an Ashkenazi Jew (born in Wroclaw, Poland). Daniela's maternal grandmother, Vera Jacob Muginstein Azancot, was of Sephardi Jewish and Spanish descent on her own father's side, and of Ashkenazi Jewish descent on her own mother's side (Daniela's matrilineal great-grandmother, Simy Sophie Muginstein, was from Odessa, in the Russian Empire).
- [on being a Portuguese Jew] There's I'd say between four- and five-hundred [Portuguese Jews]. Not a lot out of 10½ million to 11 million people. My family is probably the biggest family there. But coming from a small community makes you want to follow the traditions of your family much more.
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