Ximena Duque

Ximena Duque (born January 30, 1985) is a Colombian actress and model.

Ximena Duque
Born	Ximena Duque Giraldo (1985-01-30) January 30, 1985 (age 39) Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Jay Adkins ​ (m. 2017)​
Partner	Carlos Ponce (2010–2016)
Children	3[1]

Biography

Ximena was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on January 30, 1985, and moved to Miami, Florida at age twelve, where she began to study acting, diction and accent neutralization.

Career

2002–2009: Beginnings

Ximena got her start on the show Protagonistas de Novela, a reality show dedicated to seeking acting talents.^[2] In 2005, she began her acting career in the telenovela Soñar no Cuesta Nada, where she played the character Jenny. In 2007, she participated in Pecados Ajenos as María Águilar. The next year, she became a part of the telenovela Valeria playing Ana Lucía Hidalgo. She was also part of the cast of the telenovela El Rostro de Analía, where she shared credits with Elizabeth Gutiérrez. In 2009, she had a minor role in the telenovela Victorinos. Throughout the years, Ximena Duque has acted in several telenovelas with Telemundo.

2010–present: New projects

In 2010, she starred in the telenovela Bella calamidades, a new version of the Cinderella Story. That same year, she also formed part of the cast of the telenovela Alguien te mira, a remake of a Chilean telenovela,^[3] wherein she co-starred with David Chocarro and Géraldine Bazán. In 2011, she worked for the Univision television network, where she joined the cast of the telenovela Sacrificio de Mujer. During that same year, she had a lead role with Telemundo as Carola Conde joining the cast of La casa de al lado, in which Gabriel Porras and David Chocarro were the lead villains. In 2012, she obtained her second lead role in the telenovela Corazón valiente, with Adriana Fonseca and Fabián Ríos. Through her role in this telenovela, she obtained two awards including "The Perfect Couple" and "The Richest Kiss", which she shared with Fabian Rios.^[4] In 2013, she starred in the telenovela Santa Diabla, as the main antagonist, and in 2014 won an award for "The Best Bad Girl" in Premios Tu Mundo.^[2] In that same year participated in the Web Novela Mía Mundo.

In late August 2014, actor David Chocarro, published on his Twitter account a picture next to Ximena, recording the web where they appear novela Villa paraíso,^[5] in which she is the protagonist. Ximena also talked a bit about her character in the telenovela that will air on Telemundo's channel:

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 telenovela 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^[6]

When she had finished the recordings of this telenovela, Duque ended her contract with Telemundo telenovela Dueños del paraíso, which was released in 2015, confirming that the actress would move to Hollywood with Carlos Ponce, to start working in new movies and TV series.^[6][7] She then participated in 9 episodes of the popular soap opera Days of Our Lives as Blanca. She later rejoined Telemundo and starred in ¿Quién es quién? as Clarita for 2 episodes. In 2017 she had her seventh lead role in La Fan as Adriana Zubizarreta.

Personal life

Duque has a son named Christian Carabias Duque, who was born on May 16, 2004.^[8]

From 2010 to 2016 she was in a relationship with actor Carlos Ponce.^[9]

In December 2016, Duque became engaged to Florida businessman Jay Adkins.^[10] The couple married in June 2017.^{[citation needed]} She gave birth to their daughter, Luna Adkins Duque, on January 14, 2018.^{[citation needed]} On February 06, 2021, after twenty hours of labor, she gave birth by Cesarean section to their second daughter Skye Adkins.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2014	Primero de enero	Carmen	Debut film
2015	Morir soñando	Isabela

Television

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2005	Soñar no cuesta nada	Jenny	Recurring role
2007	Pecados Ajenos	María Aguilar	Recurring role
2008	Valeria	Ana Lucía Hidalgo	Recurring role
2008	El Rostro de Analía	Camila Moncada	Recurring role
2009	Victorinos	Diana Gallardo	Recurring role
2010	Bella calamidades	Angelina	Recurring role
2010	Alguien te mira	Camila Wood	Recurring role
2011	Sacrificio de mujer	Maria Gracia Exposito	Recurring role
2011	La casa de al lado	Carola Conde	Lead Role
2012	Corazón valiente	Samantha Sandoval Valdez Navarro	Main Protagonist
2013–14	Santa Diabla	Inés Robledo	Main Antagonist
2014	Villa paraíso	Cristina Vidal	Main Protagonist
2015	Dueños del paraíso	Érica San Miguel	Main Protagonist[11]
2016	Clarita	Clarita	Lead role
2016	¿Quién es quién?	Clarita	2 episodes
2016	Days of Our Lives	Blanca	9 episodes
2017	La fan	Adriana Zubizarreta	Main Protagonist
2017	Queen of the South	Eva Buemeros	Main Cast
2017	Milagros de Navidad	Lucía Rodríguez	3 episodes: "No lo deporten" Lead Role

Web

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2013	Mía Mundo	Alex	Recurring role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result
2012	Premios People en Español[12][13]	Best Supporting Actress	Corazón valiente	Nominated[12][13]
		Best Couple (with Fabián Ríos)		Nominated[12][13]
	Premios Tu Mundo[14][15]	The Perfect Couple (with Fabián Ríos)		Won [14][15]
		The Best Kiss (with Fabián Ríos)		Won [14][15]
2013	Miami Life Awards	Best Female Lead of telenovela		Nominated
	Premios Tu Mundo	#MásSocial (with Fabián Ríos)	Herself	Nominated
2014	Premios Tu Mundo[16][17][18][19]	The Best Bad Girl	Santa Diabla	Won[18][19]
		Soy Sexy and I know it	Herself	Won[18][19]
2015	Premios Tu Mundo[20]	Best Supporting Actress - Super series	Dueños del paraíso	Nominated[20]

References

1. Patricia Vargas casiano. "No le interesa tener más hijos" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
2. "Ximena Duque no disfrutó ser villana en Santa Diabla" (in Spanish). La Raza. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
3. Terra Network. "Ximena Duque de su cambio de look: 'casi me da un paro cardiaco'" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
4. "Fabián Ríos y Ximena Duque hablan de su química en Corazón valiente" (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
5. Irene Tostado. "Ximena Duque y David Chocarro juntos en Villa Paraíso (VIDEO)" (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
6. "Captan a Ximena Duque y David Chocarro de romance en Villa Paraiso (video)" (in Spanish). En el brasero. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
7. "Ximena Duque, en "Dueños del Paraíso" de Telemundo" (in Spanish). TVBoricuaUSA. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
8. "Ximena Duque: "Mi profesión es ser mamá… la actuación es un hobby maravilloso"" (in Spanish). LifeStyles. 4 May 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
9. "Ximena Duque, Carlos Ponce Break Up: Colombian Actress Reveals Reason Couple Called It Quits After 6 Years". 5 February 2016.
10. "Telemundo | Noticias, Shows, Entretenimiento, Series y Novelas".
11. Hola Ciudad. "Ximena Duque da vida a un sensual personaje en "Dueños del Paraíso"" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 15, 2014.
12. Bárbara Morán (September 14, 2012). "Lista de nominados a los Premios People en Español 2012" (in Spanish). starMedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
13. Marie Palma F (September 14, 2012). "Lista de ganadores de los Premios People en Español 2012" (in Spanish). starMedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
14. Bárbara Morán. "Lista de nominados a los Premios Tu Mundo 2012" (in Spanish). starMedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
15. Armando Tinoco. "Premios Tu Mundo 2012: ¡Lista de ganadores!" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
16. "Anuncian nominados a Premios Tu Mundo" (in Spanish). El Especial. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
17. Ale Rodríguez (July 15, 2014). "Lista de nominados de los Premios Tu Mundo 2014" (in Spanish). Notimex. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
18. "Lista de finalistas a los Premios Tu Mundo 2014" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
19. "¡Conoce a los ganadores de "Premios Tu Mundo 2014"!" (in Spanish). TVBoricuausa. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
20. "Conoce a los ganadores de "Premios Tu Mundo 2015" de Telemundo". tvboricuausa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 21, 2015.

External links

• Ximena Duque at IMDb