Ximena Duque | |
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Born |
Ximena Duque Giraldo January 30, 1985 Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
Nationality | Colombian |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2005– present |
Partner(s) | Christian Carabias (2003–08) Carlos Ponce (2010–15) Jay Adkins (2016–present) |
Children | 1 |
Ximena Duque (Born January 30, 1985) is a Colombian actress and model.
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.
In December 2016, Duque became engaged to Florida businessman Jay Adkins.
Ximena got her start on the reality show Protagonistas de Novela, dedicated to seeking acting talents. 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 she had a small role in the telenovela Victorinos. Throughout the years, Ximena Duque has served on several soap operas with Telemundo.
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. 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, she has her first lead role as Carola Conde joining the cast of La casa de al lado, which also shares credit with David Chocarro. In 2012 she gets her second lead role 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. In 2013 she participated in the telenovela Santa Diabla, as the main antagonist, in 2014 she won for "The Best Bad Girl" in Premios Tu Mundo. In that same year participated in the Web Novela Mía Mundo.