Cote De Pablo

Actor and singer Cote De Pablo was born in Chile in 1979 and moved to the U.S. to study acting. She has a sister called Andrea, and a brother, Francisco. She grew up in Miami and now lives in Los Angeles. In de Pablo’s fifth grade, she found that many people could not pronounce her complicated original name María José, so she asked them to call her by the Chilean common name Coté.

De Pablo made her first major breakthrough in 2005 when she played Ziva David in the police procedural drama NCIS, and won an ALMA Award in 2011. From 2013 to 2019, she was absent from the show. She later revealed that she felt her role didn’t receive the respect it deserved. Surprisingly, de Pablo made an amazing return in season 17. As for whether you can see her in next season, we believe this is still worth looking forward to.