{"id":4137,"date":"2026-01-05T16:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:57:21","slug":"why-daniela-ruah-is-ready-to-close-the-ncis-los-angeles-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4137","title":{"rendered":"Why Daniela Ruah is Ready to Close the NCIS: Los Angeles Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/strong>\u00a0officially ended with its season 14 finale on May 21, 2023, closing the chapter on the franchise\u2019s first spinoff after 14 years. The series, led by\u00a0<strong>LL Cool J<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chris O\u2019Donnell<\/strong>, followed the Office of Special Projects, an elite undercover NCIS unit based in Los Angeles. Despite its long run and strong fan base, CBS canceled the show in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Following the finale, questions arose about whether other\u00a0<em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>\u00a0stars might follow LL Cool J to\u00a0<strong>NCIS: Hawai\u2018i<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Daniela Ruah<\/strong>, who portrayed Special Agent Kensi Blye throughout the show\u2019s entire run, has indicated she does not currently plan to join another NCIS series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4138\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767632207280-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767632207280-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767632207280-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767632207280.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a 2022 interview, Ruah reflected on what made playing Kensi so meaningful. She described the character as deeply flawed but constantly evolving-intelligent, fiercely independent, and shaped by personal trauma. Ruah noted that over time, Kensi learned it was okay to rely on others emotionally, a growth arc that resonated strongly with fans.<\/p>\n<p>While LL Cool J continues his NCIS journey elsewhere, Ruah appears content closing Kensi Blye\u2019s story with\u00a0<em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>, marking a definitive end to that era of the franchise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCIS: Los Angeles\u00a0officially ended with its season 14 finale on May 21, 2023, closing the chapter on the franchise\u2019s first spinoff after 14 years. The series, led&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4139,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions\/4139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}