Gal Gadot Biography
Gal Gadot is an Israeli-American beauty pageant titleholder, actress, and model. She represented Israel in the 2004 Miss Universe pageant and was crowned the 2004 Miss Israel. She is best known for her portrayal in 2009 Fast & Furious as Gisele Yashar.
Gal Gadot Age
Gadot is 38 years old as of 2023, she was born on 30th April 1985 in Petah Tikva, Israel, and celebrates her birthday every year on the 30th of April.
Gal Gadot Height
Gadot stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8 inches.
Gal Gadot Family
Gadot’s parents are Irit Gadot and Michael Gadot. Her mother was a physical education teacher and her father was an engineer. She has a younger sister called Dana Gadot. Before she was born, her parents changed their surname from “Greenstein” to “Gadot”.
Her father is Sabra’s sixth generation. Her maternal grandparents were born in Europe in the 20th century. Following imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp, at the time of Nazi Germany’s occupation of Czechoslovakia, her grandfather was a Holocaust survivor. Her grandmother ran from the continent before the World War II breakout.
Gal Gadot Husband
Gadot has been happily married to Jaron “Yaron” Varsano, an Israeli real estate developer since 2008. Together they are blessed with three daughters who were born in 2021, 2017, and 2011.
Gal Gadot Net Worth
Gadot has an estimated net worth of between $30 Million and $70 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a beauty pageant titleholder, actress, and model.
Gal Gadot Education
Gadot attended Begin High School in Rosh HaAyin where she graduated with a biology major. Later, she joined IDC Herzliya (now Reichman University) where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law.
Gal Gadot Modeling and Beauty Pageant Career
Gadot was 18 years old when she joined the Miss Israel national beauty pageant and she won although at first she never thought she would win. Later in 2004 in Ecuador, she represented Israel in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. She has led campaigns internationally as a model for Jaguar Cars, Miss Sixty, Vine Vera skincare, Huawei smartphones, Gucci fragrances, and Captain Morgan rum.
Gadot was made the face of Gucci’s Bamboo perfume brand in 2015. She has been featured as the cover girl of FHM, Cosmopolitan, Lucire, Glamour, Fashion, Bride Magazine, Cleo, Entertainment Weekly, and UMM. From 2008 to 2016, she was the main model of the Castro fashion brand. She was featured on the cover of the New York Post after being in the “Women of the Israel Defense Forces” Maxim photo shoot in 2017.
On FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World” list, she was placed number one in 2017. She became the brand ambassador for Reebok and Revlon in 2018. She was featured in the “Be More Human” Reebok campaign and the “Live Boldly” Revlon campaign.
Gal Gadot Acting Career
Gadot auditioned for Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, a James Bond film but she lost to Olga Kurylenko. In 2008, she starred in Bubot an Israeli drama, and three months later, she was given the role of Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious season four action film. She had small roles in Knight and Day, action-adventure comedy, and Date Night action comedy. In 2011 and 2013 she reprised her role in Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6 as Gisele Yashar.
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a superhero film, she took the role of Wonder Woman in 2016. As she prepared for this role, she received Brazilian jiu-jitsu, swordsmanship, capoeira, Kung Fu, and kickboxing. Following her pregnancy, she refused the role of Faora-Ul in Man of Steel. She starred alongside Aaron Paul and Kate Winslet in Triple 9 a crime-thriller. She co-starred in Criminal, an action crime thriller film as Ryan Reynolds’s wife opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, and Kevin Costner.
Gadot played a secret agent in Keeping Up with the Joneses, an action comedy alongside Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, and Zach Galifianakis. Gal starred in 2017 for her character as Wonder Woman in a solo film. She returned to the role in Justice League, an ensemble film whose release date was November 2017. She received an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017.
Gal Gadot Other Acting Career
Gadot was named 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2018. She was ranked the world’s 10th highest-paid actress by Forbes with annual earnings of $10 million. In 2018, in Ralph Breaks the Internet, a Walt Disney Animation Studios film, she voiced Shank. In 2018 in Maroon 5’s song “Girls Like You” that featured Cardi B, Gal made an appearance. Gal was ranked by Forbes in 2020 world’s 3rd highest-paid actress with annual earnings of $31.5 million.
She starred in Red Notice, a Netflix action comedy film in 2021 alongside Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne Johnson. Gal co-anchored in Death on the Nile, a 2022 mystery film alongside Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Armie Hammer, and Ali Fazal. She appeared in The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods as Wonder Woman in 2023 and also made a cameo appearance in Fast X. Later in 2023, she joined Heart of Stone Netflix action film through a lead role as a double agent.
Gal will star in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1937 animated film as the Evil Queen. In a remake of To Catch a Thief Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film, she will produce and star.
Gal Gadot Wonder Woman
Gadot takes the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, an immortal Amazon warrior demigoddess who is the crown princess of Themyscira. She is Zeus and Queen Hippolyta’s daughter who is being brought up by the Amazons in a secret Island.
Gal Gadot Fast and Furious
Gadot portrayed Gisele Yashar, a liaison for Braga who shows a romantic interest in Dominic Toretto. Through the help of Gisele, Dom, and Brian travels to Mexico to arrest Braga in a Subaru 1970 Dodge Charger R/T that Dom rebuilt, and catches him in a church. She is featured alongside other stars including Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, John Ortiz as Arturo Braga / Ramon Campos, and Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon.
Gal Gadot Wedding Dress
According to Sportskeeda.com, Gal’s dress was designed by Dany Mizrachi. The centerpiece was a backless A-line design, magnificently fashioned to highlight Gal’s statuesque height and enhance her enchanting curves. It was also decorated with delicate flowers and dazzling pearls, the bodice emanated a captivating charm. Gadot selected a hairstyle that highlighted her features while adorning herself with subtle, light jewelry that complemented her astonishing physique. The wedding day radiated an ethereal ambiance, with pristine white natural flowers adorning every corner of the venue, becoming the sublime focal point.
Gal Gadot Awards
- 2021 Digital Spy Reader Awards for best actress and best hero.
- 2021 Kids’ Choice Awards for Favorite Superhero.
- 2021 Jupiter Award for Best International Actress.
- 2021 Jay Entertainment Critics Awards for Best Actress.
- 2018 Saturn Awards for Best Actress.
- 2018 Santa Barbara Film Festival for Virtuosos Award.
- 2018 Palm Springs International Film Festival for Rising Star Award – Actress.
- 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards for Best Fight (Wonder Woman vs German soldiers).
- 2018 Jupiter Award for Best International Actress.
- 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards for #SeeHer Award.
- 2017 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie: Action Actress.
- 2017 Golden Issue Awards for Best Actress.
- 2017 Women Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Female Action Hero.
- 2017 Digital Spy Reader Awards for Best Actress.
- 2017 National Board of Review Awards for Spotlight Award.
- 2016 Chinese American Film Festival for Most Popular US Actress in China.
Gal Gadot TV and Films
- Fast & Furious as Gisele Yashar.
- 2010 Knight and Day as Naomi.
- 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman.
- 2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses as Natalie Jones.
- 2021 Red Notice as The Bishop.
- 2022 Death on the Nile as Linnet Ridgeway.
- 2013 Heart of Stone as Rachel Stone.
- 2007 Bubot as Miriam “Merry” Elkayam.
- 2009 Entourage as Lisa.
- 2017 Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time as Girl Who Ate The Last Fry.
Gal Gadot Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 109 million followers on Instagram.