My Take
Daniela Ruah is one of those actors who quietly became the backbone of a long-running franchise without ever getting the credit she deserves. I've watched her as Kensi Blye on NCIS: Los Angeles since the very beginning, and what strikes me is how she turned what could have been a stock "tough female agent" role into someone genuinely layered — sharp, funny, emotionally real. Born in Boston, trained at London Metropolitan University, with deep Portuguese roots, she brings this effortless cosmopolitan energy to everything she does. The fact that she's also stepped behind the camera as a director on the show tells you she's playing a longer game than most. Fourteen-plus seasons in and she never mailed it in — that's rarer than people think.
Overview
Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah Olsen (born December 2, 1983) 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.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daniela Ruah
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニエラ・ルーア
- Reading
- だにえら・るーあ
- Born
- December 2, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Boar
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / model / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- London Metropolitan University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.