Daniela Ruah Biography
Date of Birth 2 December 1983, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Name Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah
Nickname Danni
Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Mini Biography
Descending from a family of Portuguese doctors and other medical areas, Daniela was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lived in the USA until she was 5. She attended St. Julian's School in Portugal, where she grew up. Her first acting role came at the age of 16, when she auditioned for a television series "Jardins Proibidos", and cast for the role of Sara. She kept working on diverse projects, as well as finishing high school. At the age of 18 moved to London, England to do a B.A. in Performing Arts at the London Metropolitan University. Having finished with a first class Honors, Daniela returned to Portugal to pursue more work. She was given principal roles in television series, short films, theatre and in 2007 moved to New York to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and pursue her career.
Trade Mark
Has a distinguishable birthmark in her right eye; her other eye is hazel.
Trivia
Presenter of the cinema magazine of the Portuguese network TVI "Cinebox". Only daughter of Dr. Moisés Carlos Bentes Ruah, a doctor, former Resident Chief of Otorhinolaryngology of the Boston University Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, and his wife Catarina Lia (Katia) Azancot Korn. She is almost entirely of Jewish ancestry, essentially Sephardite and some Ashkenazi, except for one great-great-grandmother who was Spanish. Her father is a second cousin of Dr. Joshua Gabriel Benoliel Ruah, an urologist doctor, Chief of the Jewish Community of Portugal.
Winner of "Dança Comigo" - season 1 (Portuguese version of "Dancing with the Stars").
Attended drama school in London with actor Simon Phillips.
Where Are They Now
(August 2010) Currently shooting season 2 of NCIS: Los Angeles.
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Craig Ferguson 7/22/10E Late Late show Daniela Ruah
Interview with Daniela Ruah on "Alta Definição" -
[English subtitles] - part 1/3
[English subtitles] - part 1/3
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