But what about the actress who played this beloved character?
With a description like that, who wouldn’t want to get to know the woman behind this character?
She changed it to “Cote,” which de Pablo said is a common nickname in Chile.
And the only thing I knew really was ‘run.’
I knew what that meant.
And that’s all I knew."
I had clips all over and markers, and you know, the old-fashioned typewriters… We’re not Chilean or Argentinean or Brazilian or Russian.
We’re actors."
De Pablo was working in San Francisco when the opportunity to audition forNCIScame up.
Her risk obviously paid off, but de Pablo wants to get back on the stage eventually.
So I held that gun, and I remember holding the gun and just trembling."
She had been a cast member for eight years and in more than 180 episodes.
The response from fans was, as de Pablo called it, “humbling.”
So it was really delicious to feel that kind of love and I’m always grateful for that."
She did more than act on NCIS
Her musical talents did not go to waste.
In the Season 6 premiere ofNCIS, she sang “Temptation.”
The song also appeared on theNCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack, which was released in 2009.
“I held her hand and said to myself, ‘This is not the grandmother I knew.
I left the room and went into a stairwell where the sun was coming in.
I remember looking up and being so angry at God.
I said, ‘If you exist, you will take my grandmother within twenty minutes.
If you don’t, I’ll never believe in you again.’
Within ten minutes, she was gone.
That’s why I say to everybody, ‘God’s there.
He’s there.'”
She also thinks that having just one pass at human existence isn’t enough.
But it’s not so much ‘Let’s talk about our past lives.’
I just know that I’m going to be here again.
One lifetime is too short to purify my soul.
It’s going to take a couple of tries."
She does her own stunts
Acting, learning new languages… and stunt work?
But it was like being in the middle of a war zone."
Now four to five days a week, de Pablo does open-flow Vinyasa at home.
As she described toLatina, “I’m not on Facebook.
I’m not on Twitter.
I know a lot of celebrities who go around complaining how little privacy they have.
We have the power to change the perception toward us.
As far as whether she would consider any nips or tucks?
Not seeing them does not mean they cease to exist.
This makes me proud!
It is different when an American says this than someone from Santiago.”
So how did de Pablo do it?
Hint: It’s not easy.
When de Pablo auditioned for the role, the character was described as European.
And then within 48 hours of that I had to shoot.
And then they gave me a huge monologue that I had to learn in Hebrew."
Language coaches came in to assist on a tight time schedule.
Our lives are just very different.
I’m not sure if they agree, but I’m not giving up my opinion."
Especially if they have sexy scenes with lovely men that have beards."
Sounds like a perfect show.
Then, de Pablo will also make the time and go to South America as well.
What’s their favorite thing to do together?
That’s true mother-daughter bonding right there.
The film followed the real-life event of a gold and copper mine collapse, trapping 33 miners underground.
Being Chilean, de Pablo said, “it really hit close to home.”
