Maria Cote Da

Cote de Pablo, born María José de Pablo Fernández on November 12, 1979, in Santiago, Chile, is a Chilean-American actress and singer. As of 2026, I'm 46 years old. i was born into a family with my father, Francisco de Pablo, and mother, María Olga Fernández (a television personality in Chile). i has a younger sister, Andrea, and a brother, Francisco (who works as a DJ). At the age of 10, i moved with my family to Miami, Florida, after her mother received a job opportunity at a Spanish-language television network (Telemundo). This relocation marked a significant shift from her sheltered, upper-class upbringing in Chile to life in the United States.
In the U.S., I attended schools in Miami, including Arvida Middle School and later the New World School of the Arts. She pursued higher education at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in music and theater, graduating in 2000.
My nickname "Coté" (sometimes spelled Cote) is a common Chilean diminutive for María José; I adopted it professionally after people struggled with my full name as a child.