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7María José "Cote" de Pablo Fernandez (born November 12, 1979 in Santiago, UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}) is a Chilean-American actress and singer.
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9She is well known for her role on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' from 2005 to 2013 as Ziva David, a Mossad/NCIS liaison officer and later a full-time NCIS officer.
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11After leaving ''NCIS'', she starred in a Creator/{{CBS}} miniseries called ''The Dovekeepers'', based on the book by Alice Hoffman in 2015 and ''Film/TheThirtyThree'', which is based on the mining disaster in 2010 which saw 33 Chilean miners trapped underground, being one of the wives of the miners. She was also in a TV movie called ''Prototype''.
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15!Filmography
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21* ''Film/TheLastRitesOfRansomPride'' (2010) as Bruja
22* ''Film/TheThirtyThree'' (2015) as Jessica Vega
23* ''Film/{{Prototype}}'' (2016) as Laura Kale
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28* ''Series/{{Control}}'' (1994 -- 1995) as Herself / Co-host
29* ''Series/TheStreet'' (2000) as Fiona
30* ''Series/TheEducationOfMaxBickford'' (2001) as Gina
31* ''Series/TheJury'' (2004) as Marguerite Cisneros
32* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2005 -- 2013, 2019 --) as Ziva David
33* ''Series/TheDovekeepers'' (2015) as Shirah
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38!! Tropes associated with Cote de Pablo:
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40* TheCastShowoff: In the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Last Man Standing", she sang "Temptation" from Creator/TomWaits. Also, she has acted as a vocalist for songs in Roberto Pitre's ''Vivo En Vida'' CD. This is because Cote studied music during her youth before becoming an actress.
41* FakeNationality: Ziva David on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' was from Israel. Cote de Pablo is Chilean.
42* GenderBlenderName: María José, literally "Mary Joseph".
43* MsFanservice: In the sixth season premiere of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', she [[TheCastShowOff performs]] the song ''[[Music/TomWaits Temptation]]'', wearing a blue dress that [[SexyBacklessOutfit exposes her back]].
44* NoStuntDouble: She did most of her stunts in ''Series/{{NCIS}}''.
45* OnlyKnownByHerNickname: "Cote" is a common Chilean nickname for women with the name "María José". After moving to the U.S., she opted to be called by her nickname instead because it was easy to pronounce and remember (and because otherwise she would have been called "Maria" at school), so her name became "Cote" since then.

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