Cote de Pablo Biography
Summary
"Cote de Pablo", (born "María José de Pablo Fernández", on 12 November 1979) is a Chilean-American actress and recording artist. De Pablo has been nominated for the ALMA Award, landing a permanent role on the highly popular television series, "NCIS". She has started a career as a songwriter and vocalist.
Early life
De Pablo was born in Santiago, Chile, to an upper-class Catholic family. When de Pablo was ten, her mother received a job in Miami, Florida, at a Spanish-speaking television network. There, de Pablo attended Arvida Middle School, New World School of the Arts (where she studied musical theater), and then Carnegie Mellon University where she studied music and theater and appeared in several plays. They include: "And The World Goes 'Round", "The House of Bernarda Alba", "Indiscretions", "The Fantasticks", and "A Little Night Music". She graduated in 2000.
Television
De Pablo is best known for her role on the CBS drama "NCIS" as Ziva David, an Israeli Mossad Liaison Officer. De Pablo describes the character as someone completely different from anyone else on the show because she's been around men all her life; she's used to men in authority. She's not afraid of men.'
She is also known for hosting some episodes of the show "Control" from 1994-95 on Univision, alongside former "Entertainment Tonight" host Carlos Ponce.
She played the role of Marguerite Cisneros in "The Jury" (broadcast on the Fox Network). The show was short lived, screening only ten 1-hour episodes.
Awards and nominations
2006 - Won an Imagen Award at the Imagen Foundation Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Television for "NCIS" (2006).
2008 - Nominated for an ALMA Award at the ALMA Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series for "NCIS" (2008).
Filmography
'Control' - TV series ... Host
"The $treet" (1 episode, 'Hostile Makeover', 2000) ... Fiona
"The Education of Max Bickford" (1 episode, 'Do It Yourself', 2001) ... Gina
"TOCA Race Driver" (2002) (VG) ... Melanie Sanchez (voice)
"The Jury" (10 episodes, 2004) ... Marguerite Cisneros
"NCIS" (88 episodes, 2005-Present) ... Ziva David
Music
Cote de Pablo performed a portion of Tom Waits's song 'Temptation' on the "NCIS" episode, 'Last Man Standing', which first aired in the U.S. on September 28, 2008. Her full performance of the song, including some lyrics in French, appears for the first time on "NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack", which was released on February 10, 2009.
Credit
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