Daniela Ruah, a Portuguese American actress, has a net worth of $7 million.
NCIS: Los Angeles Special Agent Kensi Blye, a TV show that premiered in 2009, is primarily portrayed by Daniela Ruah.
The birthplace of Ruah was Boston, Massachusetts, where she was born to Portuguese parents.
At the age of five, Ruah’s father completed his residency in otolaryngology at Boston University-Tufts University and then returned to Portugal.
At the age of 16, she auditioned for the role of Sara on the soap opera Jardins Proibidos and was offered the part.
Ruah persisted in working on projects throughout her high school years and subsequently relocated to London at 18 to pursue her studies at London Metropolitan University, where she was awarded a First in Performing Arts.
After completing her studies, she returned to Portugal to pursue her acting career. She won the celebrity dance competition with Danca Comigo and went on to star in a number of short films, TV shows, and theatre productions.
She made the move to New York in 2007 to pursue her studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Since 2009, she has been working on NCIS: Los Angeles.
With a visible birthmark in her right eye, she speaks three languages fluently, including Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
She and David Paul Olsen are expecting their first child in 2014, and she worked as a producer on NCIS: Los Angeles throughout her pregnancy.
She was honored with a Portuguese Golden Globe Award in 2010 for her portrayal of NCIS: Los Angeles.