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The Colombian is one of the best known telenovela actresses in the United States.


NOVEMBER 22, 2020 11:45 PM EST

Ximena Duque is a Colombian actress and model. At age of 12 she moved to Miami, Florida where Duque started to pursue her career in acting. The wide variety of roles that Ximena has played as an actress have allowed her to become known in Latin America and the United States.

Despite his love and talent for acting, it has been three years since she left television and became an entrepreneur so that she could spend more time with her family. This is why Ximena never stops surprising us, whether as an actress or as a businesswoman, everything that she sets out to achieve, the actress accomplishes. Her latest projects has been a new line of cosmetics. On Instagram she has a well established fan club with more than 4 million of followers.

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Gold Glam

We first met Ximena Duque in the second season of the Telemundo reality show Protagonistas de Novela, in 2003, when she was only 18 years old.

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Telemundo\'s Premios Tu Mundo Awards, a Princess in White

But a lot has happened since then, and today Ximena Duque has become one of the most recognized and beloved telenovela actresses in the United States.

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Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2016

Duque has a son, Christian Carabias Duque, who was born in 2004.

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People En Espanols, the 25 most powerful women (2013)

After the birth of her son, in 2010 she was in a relationship with Puerto Rican actor Carlos Ponce, for six years!

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Blow a Kiss for Duque! (2016)

Then, not long after, in 2017, she married Florida businessman Jay Adkins. Duque gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Luna Adkins Duque, in 2018.

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Telemundo\'s Latin American Music Awards 2015

The last few years have been like a fairy tale for the Colombian woman, with her wedding and the birth to her second child, a beautiful little princess. We could say that the beautiful green-eyed woman lives the best stage of her life.

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People En Espanol 2014

Today, after having had many famous romances with celebrities like the actors Julián Gil and Carlos Ponce, the beautiful 35-year-old actress is happily married to businessman Jay Adkins and lives the life she has always dreamed of.

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2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards - Barbie is that you? LOVE the pink Duque!

Duque has not done telenovelas for a while now, as she has dedicated herself to raising her two children and lives happily with family in Miami.

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2016 Daytime Emmy Awards

We love you Ximena Duque!