Daniela Roy is a fairly well-known American actress who is well known to the audience for her role in the military detective series "Sea Police", where she played special agent Kensi Bly. In addition to film activities, the artist participated in the first season of the Portuguese dance show "Dança Comigo", where she won first place.
Daniela Roy: biography
The future American actress was born in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on December 2, 1983. Due to congenital heterochromia, her left eye is light brown and her right eye is black. Parents of Daniela Roy are Moises Roy and Katerina Korn.
The girl’s maternal grandmother was a representative of Sephardic Jews, while her grandfather was Ashkenazic and was born in Poland. In addition to Portuguese roots, Daniela has Spanish, which she inherited from her great-grandmother.
Shortly before the birth of the first and only daughter, the Roy family moved from Portugal to the United States to exchange specialists in medical institutions. The girl’s father worked as an otolaryngologist at Boston University Hospital.
5 years after the birth of Daniela, Katerina and Moises returned to Portugal. In her native country, the girl graduated from the school of St. Julian in Carcavelos. At the age of 18, Daniela entered the University of London for a course of acting. In 2007, the aspiring artist moved to New York in order to continue to study the features of theatrical art at the Lee Strasberg Institute. In her student years, the actress took an active part in the life of the Jewish community in Portugal, the official head of which is Daniela's second cousin - Joshua Roy.
I must say that the first award of the artist in the field of the film industry was the Golden Globe figurine in the nomination Discovery of the Year for her role as Cancy Bly in the Naval Police. In 2010, she fought for victory in the American Teen Choice Award in the category "Best Actress of a TV Thriller." A year later, Daniela Rua was nominated for the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Award for her role as Daniela Pinto in the TV series Tu e Eu.
Filmography
The young artist made her debut in cinema at the age of 16. Her first role was Sarah in the soapy Portuguese opera Jardins Proibidos. After graduating from high school and University of London, actress Daniela Rua returned to her home country and continued to replenish her filmography with small works on the television series Elsa, uma Mulher Assim, in which she played Monica, Filha do Mar (Constanta) and the television movie Querida Mãe (Jesinha).
List of the most famous films and roles of the artist:
● “Inspector Max” - Veronika Botelu;
● the longest-running American soap opera “Guiding Light” - Gigi;
● the short film "Midnight Passion" - Sophie;
● the series "Naval Police: Special Department", "Naval Police: Los Angeles" and "Hawaii 5.0" - special agent Kensi Bly;
● War film "Red Tails" - Sophie.
Maritime Police: Los Angeles
Films of Daniela Roy did not bring her such popularity as this police drama. The television series became a spin-off of the "Naval Police: Special Department." In 2011, Hawaii 5.0 was released, where at the beginning of the second season the character of Daniela appeared - Kensi Bly.
The plot of the series takes place mainly in the state of California. NCIS, or the US Criminal Investigation Service, is a special unit whose employees monitor criminals who threaten the security of an entire state. A team of specialists uses false identities, thereby putting their lives in mortal danger. Here the police are fighting terrorism, masterfully invading gangs, as well as investigating war crimes.
The team of professionals in the series includes Gee Cullen, Kensy Bly, Sam Hann and Dominic Vale. The latter was eventually replaced by agent Marty Dix. The above characters are also assisted by operational psychologist Nate Getz, technical operator Eric Bill, analyst Nell Jones and operations manager Hetty Lang.
The personal life of the actress
Daniela Roy is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The actress has dual citizenship of Portugal and the United States. In June 2014, the girl became the wife of stuntman David Olsen, whom she had officially dated for 4 years before marriage. Daniela’s husband is the elder brother of Eric Olsen, a colleague of the actress at the Naval Police. The couple have a son River, born in 2013, and a daughter, Sierra, who was born in 2016. Now she and her family live in Los Angeles.