María José de Pablo Fernández born November 12 1979 better known as Coté de Pablo is a ChileanAmerican actress and recording artist She is best known for her role as Ziva David on the CBS series NCIS Born in Santiago Chile she moved to the United States at the age of 10 where she studied acting At the age of 15 she cohosted episodes of the Latin American talk show Control with former Entertainment Tonight host Carlos Ponce before attending Carnegie Mellon University to study music and theatre After appearing in a number of small television roles she was cast to portray main character Ziva David in the CBS television series NCIS in 2005 She won an ALMA Award for the role in 2011 and NCIS became the most watched television program in America during its tenth season in the 201213 year She performed a portion of Tom Waitss song Temptation for a 2008 episode of NCIS Outside of the series she has acted as a vocalist for songs in Roberto Pitres Vivo En Vida CD
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