Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot גל גדות
Gal Gadot in 2018
Born	(1985-04-30) April 30, 1985 Petah Tikva, Israel
Occupation(s)	Celebrity, Model
Years active	2004 - present
Spouse	Jaron Varsano ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	4

Gal Gadot (aka Gal Gadot-Varsano; /ˈɡɑːl ɡɑːˈdɒt/ GAH-l GAH-do-T; Hebrew: גל גדות; born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress and model. Gadot won Miss Israel 2004, before serving in the Israel Defence Forces. She played Gisele Yashar in the 2009 movie Fast and Furious. Gadot also played Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016. She appeared in the solo movie Wonder Woman (2017) and again as Wonder Woman in Justice League (2017).

In 2013, she was ranked as the second highest earning fashion model in Israel. She is the face of Gucci's Bamboo perfume.

In 2019, Gadot formed her production company Pilot Wave, alongside her husband Yaron Varsano. Since the formation of the company, a number of projects have been announced, including a number of biographical films about important female historical figures, including Irena Sendler, Hedy Lamarr and Cleopatra.

Early life

Gadot was born in Petah Tikva, Israel to Jewish parents and grew up in Rosh HaAyin, Israel. Her family changed their last name from Greenstein to Gadot, a common practice in Israel. For many diaspora Jews who migrated to Israel, taking a Hebrew surname was a way to erase remnants of their diaspora experience and to assimilate into a new shared Jewish identity. In Hebrew, her first name means "wave". Her last name means "riverbanks". Her parents were born in Israel. Her father Michael Gadot is an engineer. Her mother Irit (née Weiss) is a teacher. Gadot's maternal grandfather Abraham Weiss was a Holocaust survivor from Czechoslovakia. She is descended from Ashkenazi Jews, with ancestry from Europe. As a child, Gadot required speech therapy due to a speech disorder. She was a skilled ballet, hip-hop and modern jazz dancer growing up, as well as a volleyball and tennis player. She was a member of her high school's basketball team. Gadot's first job was at Burger King.

Military service

From the age of 20, Gadot served for two years as a soldier of the Israel Defense Forces. Gadot says of her time in the army, "You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away for a while. You learn discipline and respect.”

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Fast & Furious	Gisele Yashar
2010	Date Night	Natanya
2010	Knight and Day	Naomi
2011	Fast Five	Gisele Yashar
2013	Fast & Furious 6	Gisele Yashar
2014	Kicking Out Shoshana	Mirit Ben Harush
2015	Furious 7	Gisele Yashar
2016	Triple 9	Elena Vlaslov
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
2016	Criminal	Jill Pope
2016	Keeping Up with the Joneses	Natalie Jones
2017	Wonder Woman	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
2017	Justice League	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Shank	Voice
2019	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Gal Gadot
2020	Wonder Woman 1984	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
2021	Red Notice	The Bishop
2022	Death on the Nile	Linnet Ridgeway
2023	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
2023	Fast X	Gisele	Cameo
2023	Heart of Stone	Rachel Stone

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Bubot	Miriam "Merry" Elkayam	Series
2009	Entourage	Lisa	Episode: "Amongst Friends"
2009	The Beautiful Life	Olivia	3 episodes
2011	Asfur	Kika	Series
2012	Kathmandu	Yamit Bareli	Series
2012	Eretz Nehederet	Herself	Series
2017	Saturday Night Live	Herself / Host	Episode: "Gal Gadot/Sam Smith"

Other websites

• Gal Gadot on IMDb