Ximena Duque

Ximena Duque
Born Ximena Duque Giraldo
January 30, 1985
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2005-present
Partner(s) Christian Carabias (2003-2008)
Carlos Ponce (2010-present)
Children 1[1]

Ximena Duque (Born January 30, 1985, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia), is a Colombian actress and model.

Biography

She was born in born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on January 30, 1985 and at age 12 moved to Miami, Florida, where she began to study acting, diction and accent neutralization. Duque has a son named Christian Carabias Duque, who was born on May 16, 2004.[2]

Career

2002-2009: Beginnings

I got her start on the reality show Protagonistas de Novela, dedicated to seeking acting talents.[3] In 2005, she began her acting career in the soap opera Soña no cuesta nada, where she played Jenny. In 2007 participates in Pecados Ajenos as María Águilar. The next year is part of the telenovela Valeria playing Ana Lucía Hidalgo. Also part of the soap opera El rostro de Analía, where she shared credits with Elizabeth Gutiérrez. In 2009 he had a small role in the telenovela Victorinos. Throughout the years, Ximena Duque has served on several soap operas with Telemundo.

2010-present: New project's

In 2010, she participated in the telenovela Bella calamidades, a new version of the Cinderella Story. That same year also form the cast of the telenovela Alguien te mira, remake of Chilean telenovela.[4] Where she co-starred with David Chocarro and Géraldine Bazán. In 2011, she joins the Univision television network. Where he joined the cast of the soap opera Sacrificio de Mujer. In the same year, joining the cast of La casa de al lado, which also shares credit with David Chocarro. In 2012 gets its first lead in the telenovela Corazón valiente, with Adriana Fonseca and Fabián Ríos, where she obtained two awards including "The Perfect Couple" and "The richest Kiss", which shares with Fabian Rios.[5] In 2013 he participated in the telenovela Santa Diabla, as the main antagonist, in 2014 she won for "The Best Bad Girl" in Premios Tu Mundo.[3] In that same year participated in the Web Novela Mía Mundo. In 2014 filmed in Dominican Republic, the film Morir soñando with the actor Pedro Moreno. In the same year she joins the cast of the movie First of January.

In late August 2014, actor David Chocarro, published through his Twitter a picture next to Ximena, recording the web where they appear novel Villa paraíso,[6] in which she is the protagonist of the story. Ximena also talked a bit about her character in the soap opera that will air on Telemundo's official website:

I love my character, I actually tell a story. It turns out that I wanted to change because the fans wanted it back asked me to be blonde, then I took a few "high lights" (lights in her hair), and finally I put all blonde but I did not like, because I saw the character in the soap opera mini and it is a humble woman studying. I mean, I had nothing to do with the look that I had done with the character and I had to switch back, because I start recording
—Ximena Duque[7]

When finished the recordings of the telenovela, actress ends her contract with Telemundo telenovela Dueños del paraíso, which will be released in 2015, confirmed that the actress would move to Hollywood with her boyfriend Carlos Ponce, for start working in movies and TV series.[7][8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Character Notes
2014 Primero de enero Carmen Debut film; Supporting role
2014 Morir soñando Isabela Supporting role
Television and Web shows
Year Title Character Notes
2005 Soñar no cuesta nada Jenny Minor role
2007 Pecados Ajenos María Aguilar Supporting role
2008 Valeria Ana Lucía Hidalgo Supporting role
2008 El rostro de Analía Camila Moncada Supporting role
2009 Victorinos Diana Gallardo Supporting role
2010 Bella calamidades Angelina Supporting role
2010 Alguien te mira Camila Wood Supporting role
2011 Sacrificio de Mujer Maria Gracia Exposito Supporting role
2011 La casa de al lado Carola Conde Co-protagonist
2012 Corazón valiente Samantha Sandoval Navarro / Samantha Valdez Navarro Co-protagonist
2013-14 Santa Diabla Inés Robledo Main Antagonist
2013 Mía Mundo Alex Supporting role
2014 Villa paraíso Cristina Vidal Main protagonist
2015 Dueños del paraíso Érica San Miguel Co-protagonist[9]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Result
2012 Premios People en Español[10][11] Best Supporting Actress Corazón valiente Nominated[10][11]
Best Couple (with Fabián Ríos) Nominated[10][11]
Premios Tu Mundo[12][13] The Perfect Couple (with Fabián Ríos) Won [12][13]
The Best Kiss (with Fabián Ríos) Won [12][13]
2013 Miami Life Awards Best Female Lead of telenovela Nominated
Premios Tu Mundo #MásSocial (with Fabián Ríos) Herself Nominated
2014 Premios Tu Mundo[14][15][16][17] The Best Bad Girl Santa Diabla Won[16][17]
Soy Sexy and I know it Herself Won[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Patricia Vargas casiano. "No le interesa tener más hijos" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ximena Duque: "Mi profesión es ser mamá… la actuación es un hobby maravilloso"" (in Spanish). LifeStyles. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ximena Duque no disfrutó ser villana en Santa Diabla" (in Spanish). La Raza. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Terra Network. "Ximena Duque de su cambio de look: 'casi me da un paro cardiaco'" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fabián Ríos y Ximena Duque hablan de su química en Corazón valiente" (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ Irene Tostado. "Ximena Duque y David Chocarro juntos en Villa Paraíso (VIDEO)" (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Captan a Ximena Duque y David Chocarro de romance en Villa Paraiso (video)" (in Spanish). En el brasero. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ximena Duque, en "Dueños del Paraíso" de Telemundo" (in Spanish). TVBoricuaUSA. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Hola Ciuadad. "Ximena Duque da vida a un sensual personaje en "Dueños del Paraíso"" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Bárbara Morán (September 14, 2012). "Lista de nominados a los Premios People en Español 2012" (in Spanish). starMedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Marie Palma F (September 14, 2012). "Lista de ganadores de los Premios People en Español 2012" (in Spanish). starMedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Bárbara Morán. "Lista de nominados a los Premios Tu Mundo 2012" (in Spanish). starMedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Armando Tinoco. "Premios Tu Mundo 2012: ¡Lista de ganadores!" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Anuncian nominados a Premios Tu Mundo" (in Spanish). El Especial. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  15. ↑ Ale Rodríguez (July 15, 2014). "Lista de nominados de los Premios Tu Mundo 2014" (in Spanish). Notimex. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Lista de finalistas a los Premios Tu Mundo 2014" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "¡Conoce a los ganadores de "Premios Tu Mundo 2014"!" (in Spanish). TVBoricuausa. Retrieved August 22, 2014.

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