Birthday: November 12
Birthplace: Santiago, Chile
Raised in: Miami, FL
Height: 5'7"
Cote de Pablo(In Chile Cote is a common nickname for Maria José) was born on November 12th, 1979, in Santiago, Chile. When she was ten, her mother received a job with Telemundo and she and her family moved to Miami, Florida. There, Cote attended Arvida Middle School in Miami, and later in life, attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduating in 2000, receiving a BFA in অভিনয় and Musical Theatre. Cote was also a National Foundation for the Arts Finalist.
Her first টেলিভিশন role was hosting the 1994 প্রদর্শনী "Control", alongside Entertainment Tonight host Carlos Ponce.In 2001, Cote appeared on the New York City Public Theater stage in the Shakespeare play, "Measure for Measure", then moved onto roles on the small screen such as All My Children. Cote had a small role on the long-running soap alongside Rudolf Martin who would later play her half-brother Ari Haswari in NCIS. Cote guest-starred as Gina in the CBS series, The Education of Max Bickford, অভিনয় alongside Academy Award winners Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden, Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor, veteran actress Helen Shaver and actress Katee Sackhoff. She also had roles in The রাস্তা and When I Grow Up. In 2004, she starred in the short lived শিয়াল series, The Jury playing Marguerite Cisneros.
