Has been injured while performing her own stunts on NCIS (2003). She took a gun barrel to the face for the episode Cloak (2008), and a shrapnel nick for the episode Enemies Foreign (2010).
Sings a song on "NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack" called "Temptation." She performed it in the episode Last Man Standing (2008).
She was born in Santiago, Chile, but was raised in Miami.
Her mother lives in Chile. Her sister lives in New York. Her father and brother live in Miami. Cote lives in LA.
She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she
studied music theater and graduated in 2000.
She has a slit in her left earlobe from a childhood accident. She caught her earring on a pillowcase.
Her parents are separated. Her mother lives in Chile, but they often visit each other. They bond over cooking.
High school graduate of New World School of the Arts (NWSA) in Miami, Florida, class of 1996.
Appeared in a Volkswagen commercial in 2004, entitled "Rear View" (Marketing Y Medios).
When she hosted the show Control (2000), Cote went by the name Maria Jose de Pablo.
Her mother is Maria Olga Fernández and her father is Francisco de Pablo.
Attended Arvida Middle School in Miami, Florida.
Has a sister named Andrea and a brother named Francisco.