Telenovela Star Ximena Duque Joins 'Days of our Lives' For Story Arc Starting May 2016

Ximena Duque

Ximena Duque has joined the cast of NBC's long-running soap opera Days of our Lives. Duque will be making her English-language television debut in the new role of Blanca for a story arc beginning in May 2016, alongside Days actors Galen Gering, Camila Banus, and Alma Delfina.

The Colombian actress recently registered to vote as part of Telemundo's #YODECIDO, a one-of-a-kind multiplatform and comprehensive effort to help, inform, empower and engage Hispanic voters and includes community-based local voter registration hosted by Telemundo-owned stations all across the country.

Duque began her acting career in 2006 with a starring role on Telemundo's hit Decisiones, which aired in the U.S. and Latin America. She then joined the cast of Pecados Ajenos and went on to star in five more telenovelas and television dramas for the network. In 2012, she gained international recognition for her dramatic role as a bodyguard in Corazón Valiente, and was named to R.G. Morin's best supporting actresses list for the year. In 2013, she played the villain in Santa Diabla, followed immediately by the web series telenovela "Villa Paraiso."

Ximena was most recently seen in the Telemundo super series Dueños del Paraiso (Owners of Paradise) in 2015. In the midst of her booming career, the talented actress made her big-screen debut in the film Primero Enero, followed by a starring role in Morir Soñando, coming to theaters soon.