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Cote de Pablo was born in Santiago, Chile, but was raised in Miami, Florida. She attended Arvida Middle School in Miami and then Carnegie Mellon University. She graduated in 2000 after studying music theater. Whilst at Carnegie Mellon she appeared in several theater productions, including "Indiscretions," "The Fantasticks," "The House of Bernarda Alba," "And The World Goes 'Round," "A Little Night Music," and "Cloud Techtonics." Her first television job was co-hosting the 1994 show Control (2000), alongside Entertainment Tonight (1981) host Carlos Ponce.

In 2001, Cote appeared on the New York City Public Theater stage in the Shakespearean play "Measure for Measure," then moved on to roles on the small screen such as Gina in the ABC series The Education of Max Bickford (2001), acting alongside Academy Award-winners Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden, Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor, veteran actress Helen Shaver, and Katee Sackhoff. She also had roles in The $treet (2000) and When I Grow Up (1990). In 2004, she starred in the short-lived Fox series The Jury (2004), playing Marguerite Cisneros.

In 2005, she played Dolores Fuentes in the stage musical "The Mambo Kings" and later was cast as Mossad officer Ziva David in the hit series NCIS (2003), alongside Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Lauren Holly, Rocky Carroll, and Brian Dietzen.

As of 2008, she was living in Los Angeles.

Cote de Pablo at an event for My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

Does her own stunts on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0364845/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">NCIS (2003)</a>.

Has been injured while performing her own stunts on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0364845/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">NCIS (2003)</a>. She took a gun barrel to the face for the episode <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt1324602/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Cloak (2008)</a>, and a shrapnel nick for the episode <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt1683271/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Enemies Foreign (2010)</a>.

Sings a song on &quot;NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack&quot; called &quot;Temptation.&quot; She performed it in the episode <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt1256607/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Last Man Standing (2008)</a>.

She was born in Santiago, Chile, but was raised in Miami.

Her mother lives in Chile. Her sister lives in New York. Her father and brother live in Miami. Cote lives in LA.

She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she
studied music theater and graduated in 2000.

She has a slit in her left earlobe from a childhood accident. She caught her earring on a pillowcase.

Her parents are separated. Her mother lives in Chile, but they often visit each other. They bond over cooking.

High school graduate of New World School of the Arts (NWSA) in Miami, Florida, class of 1996.

Appeared in a Volkswagen commercial in 2004, entitled &quot;Rear View&quot; (Marketing Y Medios).

When she hosted the show <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0215402/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Control (2000)</a>, Cote went by the name Maria Jose de Pablo.

Her mother is Maria Olga Fernández and her father is Francisco de Pablo.

Has a sister named Andrea and a brother named Francisco.

Attended Arvida Middle School in Miami, Florida.

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