Biography
Coté de Pablo is a Chilean-American actress. Born María José de Pablo Fernández on 12 November 1979 in Santiago, Chile, she moved to Miami, Florida, at the age of ten. She co-hosted the Latin American talk show Control at fifteen and later graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in music and theatre.
De Pablo is best known for portraying Ziva David on the CBS series NCIS from 2005. She received an ALMA Award for the role in 2011. Her other credits include the film The 33 (2015) and the series NCIS: Tony & Ziva (2025).
