October 10, 2005

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COTE DE PABLO JOINS THE CAST OF "NCIS" AS A SERIES REGULAR

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 -- Cote de Pablo joins the cast of "NCIS" as a series regular starring as "Officer Ziva David," an Israeli exchange officer at NCIS. She makes her first appearance as a regular on the show in the episode titled "Silver War" to be broadcast Tuesday, Oct. 11 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. NCIS also stars Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, David McCallum, Pauley Perrette and Sean Murray. Lauren Holly guest stars as the new NCIS director.

"Officer Ziva David" is an Israeli terrorist expert who had personal ties to Gibb's (Mark Harmon) arch nemesis Ari, the terrorist who killed Kate. Assigned to become a member of the NCIS team by the new NCIS director, David shares a bond with Gibbs over Ari's death.

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Cote de Pablo has appeared in "The Education of Max Bickford" on CBS, "The Street" and numerous theater productions, including "Mambo Kings."

On the web: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/

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