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• Cote de Pablo's breakout role as Ziva Dvid has left a lasting impact on NCIS fans, with a Ziva spinoff in the works.
• She earned $120,000 per episode post-season 9, totaling her net worth at around $6 million, mostly thank to her NCIS tenure.
• Born in Chile, Cote de Pablo started her acting career in 2000, taking on roles in various TV series and movies.

Cote de Pablo is best known for her performance on NCIS, and since that role, people have been curious about the actor's net worth, height, and everything else. The Chilean-born actress first began appearing in movies and TV shows in 2000 with a one-episode character Fiona in the drama series The $treet. Before that, she served as a co-host on the Latin-American magazine show Control from 1994-1995. Roles in TV series such as The Education of Max Bickford and The Jury gave way to her breakout as Ziva David in NCIS in 2005.

Despite for six years after season 11, Ziva is considered one of the main cast members of the series and a critical part of what's made the show so successful. Ziva and her malapropisms have endeared her to the NCIS team and fans alike. She's so well-liked that . Cote de Pablo has a fairly private personal life, with her only known relationship being with Ecuadorian actor Diego Serrano, which ended in 2015 (via ).

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Cote De Pablo's Net Worth

Cote De Pablo Earned $120,000 Per NCIS Episode After Season 9

According to Deadline, Cote de Pablo earned what they referred to as a "significant" pay bump after season 9 to $120,000/episode, which put her on par with Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby Sciuto, one of the longest-running characters in the series. Her net worth is said to be around $6 million (via ), and a large amount of that is likely from her NCIS tenure. She appeared in 32 episodes after season 9, meaning she earned upwards of $3.8 million from the series, and that's not including any cash bonuses.

Also adding to her net worth are the other roles she's had while also playing Ziva. De Pablo has a supporting role in the Canadian Western The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as Bruja, has a supporting role in the disaster film The 33 as Jessica Vega, and stars in the CBS two-part miniseries The Dovekeepers as Shirah, based on the historical novel of the same name.

The 33 is based on the real-life 2010 Copiapó mining accident disaster, which happened in the city of Copiapó, Chile, de Pablo's home country.

Cote De Pablo Age & Height

De Pablo Is A Scorpio

Cote de Pablo as Ziva standing against a railing in NCIS

Cote de Pablo was born on November 12, 1979, and is 44 years old. Her height has been reported as being between 5' 6" and 5' 7" (via ). De Pablo is a Scorpio, and those born under the sign of the scorpion are said to be powerful, passionate, and courageous, but also distrusting. These traits are definitely present in Ziva David, and she takes her job very seriously, frequently putting her life on the line, but also initially came across as aloof and suspicious of her NCIS co-workers.

Cote De Pablo Changed Her Name From María José de Pablo Fernández

De Pablo Continues To Use Her Stage Name

Cote is not actually Cote de Pablo's real name; it's a nickname that she chose for herself when she was a young girl living in Chile (via ). María José de Pablo Fernández is a beautiful name but, according todDe Pablo, her friends in Chile had trouble pronouncing it. So she went by the nickname Cote, originally wanting to be called "Coty", but Cote is what stuck. Since then, she has embraced Cote de Pablo as her stage name, giving her two memorable and lovely names.

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NCIS is a television series that follows a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Premiering in 2003, the show explores various cases involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, ranging from murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines.

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