Ximena got her start on the reality showProtagonistas de Novela, dedicated to seeking acting talents. In 2005, she began her acting career in the telenovelaSoñar 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 telenovela 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 acted in several telenovelas with Telemundo.
2010-present: New projects
In 2010, she participated in the telenovela Bella calamidades, a new version of the Cinderella Story. That same year also she formed part of the cast of the telenovela Alguien te mira, a remake of Chilean telenovela. wherein she co-starred with David Chocarro and Géraldine Bazán. In 2011 she worked for the Univision television network, where he joined the cast of the telenovela Sacrificio de Mujer. In the same year, she had an important role with Telemundo as Carola Conde joining the cast of La casa de al lado, in which Gabriel Porras and David Chocarro were prominent villains. In 2012 she obtained 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. In late August 2014, actor David Chocarro, published through his Twitter 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 Telemundo telenovela Dueños del paraíso, which will be released in 2015, confirmed that the actress would move to Hollywood with Carlos Ponce, for start working in movies and TV series. She then participated in 9 episodes of the popular soap operaDays of Our Lives as Blanca. She then rejoined Telemundo again 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. From 2010 to 2016 she was in a relationship with actor Carlos Ponce. In December 2016, Duque became engaged toFlorida businessman Jay Adkins. The couple married in June 2017. She gave birth to their daughter, Luna Adkins Duque, on January 14, 2018.
