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


Biography

Ximena was born in
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, Valle del Cauca,
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, on January 30, 1985 and at age 12 moved to
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,
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, where she began to study acting, diction and accent neutralization.


Career


2002–2009: Beginnings

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
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''Soñar no cuesta nada'', where she played Jenny. In 2007, she participated in ''
Pecados Ajenos ''Pecados ajenos'' (''A Chance to Love'', literally "Other people's sins") is a Spanish-language telenovela written by Eric Vonn and produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. This limited-run series was shot in Florida b ...
'' as María Águilar. The next year is part of the
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'' 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
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'' Victorinos''. Throughout the years, Ximena Duque has acted in several
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with
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.


2010–present: New projects

In 2010, she starred in the telenovela '' Bella calamidades'', a new version of the
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. That same year, she also formed part of the cast of the telenovela '' Alguien te mira'', a remake of Chilean telenovela. wherein she co-starred with
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and Géraldine Bazán. In 2011, she worked for the
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television network, where she joined the cast of the
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'' 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
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were the lead villains. In 2012, she obtained her second lead role in the telenovela '' Corazón valiente'', with
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and Fabián Ríos. Through her role in this telenovela, she obtained two awards including "The Perfect Couple" and "The richest Kiss", which she shares with Fabian Rios. In 2013, she starred in the telenovela ''
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'', as the main antagonist, in 2014 she won an award for "The Best Bad Girl" in
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. In that same year participated in the Web Novela ''Mía Mundo''. In late August 2014, actor
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, published through his
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a picture next to Ximena, recording the web where they appear novela ''Villa paraíso'', in which she is the protagonist of the story. Ximena also talked a bit about her character in the telenovela that will air on Telemundo's channel: When finished the recordings of the telenovela, actress ends her contract with
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telenovela '' Dueños del paraíso'', which will be released in 2015, confirmed that the actress would move to
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with Carlos Ponce, for start working in movies and TV series. She then participated in 9 episodes of the popular soap opera
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as Blanca. She then rejoined Telemundo again and starred in ''
¿Quién es quién? ''¿Quién es quién?'' (English title: ''Who is Who?''), is an American telenovela produced by Gemma Lombardi, Joshua Mintz and Carmen Cecilia Urbaneja for Telemundo. It is an adaptation of the telenovela produced in 2003, '' Amor descarado''. ...
'' 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. From 2010 to 2016 she was in a relationship with actor Carlos Ponce. In December 2016, Duque became engaged to Florida businessman Jay Adkins. The couple married in June 2017. She gave birth to their daughter, Luna Adkins Duque, on January 14, 2018. On February 06, 2021, after twenty hours of labor, she gave birth by Cesarean section to their second daughter Skye Adkins.


Filmography


Films


Television


Web


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duque, Ximena 1985 births Living people People from Cali Colombian telenovela actresses Actresses from Cali 21st-century Colombian actresses