Here's What Cote De Pablo's Real Name Is

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

The actor that you know and love as Cote de Pablo was born in Santiago, Chile. She was named Maria Jose de Pablo Fernandez, but, when she moved to America, she decided to change her name to Cote de Pablo, according to Showbiz Cheatsheet. The main reason that de Pablo changed her name was because many people couldn't pronounce her name. So, she went ahead and gave herself the nickname "Cote," which actually means Maria Jose.

When de Pablo moved to the United States with her parents, she was only 10-years-old. She opened up about the experience during a 2012 interview with Prevention. "I missed my country and my friends terribly. But I was raised here. And I found my niche because I went to a performing arts high school. I had always been interested in the arts, but performing became even more important because it was a way to communicate with people in my new country. It wasn't till I got to the United States that I learned to speak English," she revealed. She went on to call that time in her life "defining."

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