Cote de Pablo Biography
The Santiago, Chile born American actress Cote de Pablo, is also a singer. Pablo moved to the United States, at the age of ten where she studied acting.
De Pablo co-hosted episodes of the Latin-American talk show Control with, Carlos Ponce, former Entertainment Tonight host, at the age of 15 before attending Carnegie Mellon University to study music and theatre. After appearing in a number of television roles, De Pablo was cast to portray main character Ziva David in 2005 in the CBS television series NCIS and in 2011 won an ALMA Award for the role.
Cote de Pablo performed a portion of Tom Waits’ song “Temptation” for a 2008 episode of NCIS. Outside the series, De Pablo has acted as a vocalist for songs in Roberto Pitre’s Vivo En Vida CD.
Cote de Pablo Education
De Pablo went to Arvida Middle School and New World School of the Arts, where she studied musical theatre. De Pablo found many people could not pronounce her first name of “María José”, in the fifth grade, so she asked them to call her “Coté”, a common Chilean nickname for María José.
De Pablo went to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she studied music and theater and appeared in several plays, including And the World Goes ‘Round, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Fantasticks, Indiscretions and A Little Night Music. In 2000 De Pablo graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater.
Cote de Pablo Age
De Pablo was born on November 12, 1979, in Santiago, Chile.
Cote de Pablo Siblings
De Pablo has a younger sister, Andrea and a brother, Francisco, who works as a disc jockey. When she was 10 years old, her mother, María Olga Fernández, took a job in Miami, Florida, at a Spanish-language television network.
Cote de Pablo Husband
De Pablo is not married but he was in a long-term relationship with actor Diego Serrano, but in June 2015, they were reported as having broken up.
Cote de Pablo Body Measurements
- Height: 5 feet 7.
- Weight: 64 kg or 141 pounds.
- Shoe Size: 7 (US).
- Body Shape: 36-29-35 inches or 91.5-74-89 cm
- Hair Colour: Black.
Cote de Pablo Net Worth
De Pablo has an estimated net worth of $6 million. Credits to her acting career which is the primary source of her income.
Cote de Pablo Cancer
Cote de Pablo shared the story of her cancer scare with the CDC’s Inside Knowledge campaign to encourage women to take charge of their health by listening to their bodies, talking to their doctor about unusual symptoms, and staying up-to-date on getting regular Pap tests, as recommended by their doctor.
She had little time left to dedicate to her health, between working hard and enjoying time with her family and friends. As much as the former NCIS actress knew it was time for a Pap test, life just kept getting in the way of Cote’s visit to the doctor. She stated that, by the time she was tested, things didn’t look too good, they thought she might have cervical cancer.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 93,000 women in the United States get some form of gynecologic cancer each year, whether it’s cervical, or one of the four other main types of gynecologic cancer (uterine, ovarian, vaginal, vulvar).
Cote was lucky enough being not one of those women. But her test results were a wake-up call that getting regular Pap tests needed to move higher up on her priority list — for both her and her family’s sake. She added “I’ve always been very close to my mother. When we finally got good results, she broke down,”. “That’s when I realized: It’s not just about me. It’s about your loved ones, too.”
Cote de Pablo Acting Career
Early roles
Cote de Pablo first began working in the entertainment industry whe she was 15 years old, when she hosted some episodes of the talk show Control from 1994 to 95 on Univision, alongside former Entertainment Tonight host Carlos Ponce. Cote de Pablo moved to New York City after graduating, to find work as an actress, working as a waitress in an Indian restaurant in Manhattan and an Italian eatery in Brooklyn to support herself.
Cote de Pablo picked up parts in the New York City Public Theater, on the TV show All My Children and in commercials. She played the role of Marguerite Cisneros in The Jury (broadcast on the Fox Network). The show was short-lived, screening only 10 one-hour episodes. De Pablo was about to make her Broadway debut in 2005, in The Mambo Kings as Dolores Fuentes, but the show closed after a short trial run in San Francisco.
Cote de Pablo NCIS
Cote de Pablo is well known for her portrayal of Ziva David, an Israeli Mossad officer turned NCIS agent, in the police procedural drama NCIS. De Pablo had sent in a videotape audition while waiting for The Mambo Kings to move forward and was asked to fly to Los Angeles for a screen test two days after it was canceled.
De Pablo won an Imagen Award in 2006, at the Imagen Foundation Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Television for NCIS. De Pablo was nominated for the same award in 2008 and 2009. In 2008 and 2009, also she was nominated for an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series. De Pablo was nominated once again for an Imagen Award in 2011, but this time it was for Best Actress in Television, not Supporting Actress. In 2011 De Pablo won the ALMA Award for Favorite Television Actress—Leading Role in Drama.
It was reported on July 10, 2013, by CBS that de Pablo would be leaving NCIS for undisclosed reasons, although she remained on long enough to conclude her character Ziva David’s storyline at the beginning of season 11. She later told Cindy Elavsky that Ziva could come back because she did not die. However, in the season 13 finale of the series, it was stated that De Pablo’s character had apparently died in an explosion in Israel.
Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly
Network executives arranged for Cote de Pablo to act alongside series regular Michael Weatherly to test for chemistry during her second audition; he went offscript by brushing her hair back and commenting, “You remind me of Salma Hayek”. De Pablo’s response to him was to stay in character and she “dismissed him completely”. Donald Bellisario, producer, met with De Pablo Afterwards, as she was waiting for a cab to take her back to the airport, telling her she had landed the part.
De Pablo described the character as someone who was completely different from anyone else on the show because she has been around men all her life, she was used to men of authority and she was not afraid of men.
Deadline announced on August 28, 2018 that de Pablo and former NCIS castmate, Michael Weatherly, would be the executive producers of the upcoming CBS detective drama MIA, written by Shepard Boucher.
Cote de Pablo Life After NCIS
De Pablo was announced to have been cast in the film The 33 in January 2014, about the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, as the wife of one of the miners. De Pablo was also cast in the 2015 CBS miniseries, titled The Dovekeepers, based on the Alice Hoffman novel. Deadline Hollywood reported in March 2016, that de Pablo is slated to return to series television as Laura Kale in Syfy’s thriller-drama, Prototype, pending negotiations.
TVLine columnist Matt Mitovich confirmed Cote’s return to series television in April 2016. The show was to feature “three unlikely colleagues—two of them played by de Pablo and Jack Davenport—who inadvertently stumble upon an invention that challenges the very nature of quantum physics—a discovery which in turn puts their lives in grave danger.” Deadline reported in August 2016 that Syfy passed on the show.
Cote de Pablo Music
De Pablo performed “Temptation”, a portion of Tom Waits’ song on the NCIS episode “Last Man Standing”, which first aired in the U.S. on September 23, 2008. De Pablo 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 10th of February 2009.
De Pablo is also the singer in Roberto Pitre’s Vivo en vida where she sings “Samba in Prelude” and “Cry Me a River”. Cote was also featured on The 33 official soundtrack, singing Gracias a la Vida.
Cote de Pablo Movies and TV Shows
- 1994–1995 Control Co-host
- 2000 The $treet Fiona
- 2001 The Education of Max Bickford Gina
- 2004 The Jury Marguerite Cisneros
- 2005–2013 NCIS Special Agent Ziva David
- 2010 The Last Rites of Ransom Pride Bruja
- 2015 The 33 Jessica Vega
- 2015 The Dovekeepers Shirah
- 2016 Prototype Laura Kale
Cote de Pablo Video game
- 2002 TOCA Race Driver, Melanie Sanchez
Frequently Asked Questions About Cote de Pablo
Who is Cote de Pablo?
The Santiago, Chile born American actress Cote de Pablo, is also a singer. Pablo moved to the United States, at the age of ten where she studied acting.
How old is Cote de Pablo?
de Pablo is 40 years old as of 2019, born on on November 12, 1979.
How tall is de Pablo?
de Pablo stands at a height of 5 feet 7.
Is de Pablo married?
De Pablo is not married but he was in a long-term relationship with actor Diego Serrano, but in June 2015, they were reported as having broken up.
How much is de Pablo worth?
De Pablo has an estimated net worth of $6 million. Credits to her acting career which is the primary source of her income.
How much does de Pablo make?
Not Known.
Where does de Pablo live?
Not Known.
Is de Pablo dead or alive?
de Pablo is still alive and in good health.
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