From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sofia Milos born 27 September 1969 is an ItalianGreek actress She is best known for her role as Yelina Salas on CSI Miami Milos was born in Zurich Switzerland to an Italian father and a Greek mother In her teens she entered a local beauty pageant and after winning first prize went on to win the provincial regional and national contests as well Milos studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in The United States under acting coach Milton Katselas Milos is a member of the Church of Scientology Milos speaks English Italian French and German including Swiss German fluently and can also carry a basic conversation in Greek and Spanish In 2011 she was supposed to take the main role of a female detective in the longrunning German crime drama Tatort and its newly introduced Swiss team However after the first episode was shot Swiss Television declined to broadcast the pilot due to lack of quality Nathalie Wapper Head of culture for the Swiss Television and director Markus Imboden criticized even Milos portrayal directly saying she was an absolute miscast Description above from the Wikipedia article Sofia Milos licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia