Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot: גל גדות‎, ; is an Israeli actress, producer, and model. At age 18, she was crowned 2004. She then served two years in the as a fitness/combat readiness instructor, after which she began studying law and at college while building her modelling and acting careers.[8]

Gadot's first international film role came as in (2009), a role she reprised in subsequent installments of . She went on to gain worldwide recognition for portraying in the , beginning with (2016), followed by the solo film and the ensemble (both 2017), the sequel (2020) and (2021), the to 2017's Justice League. In 2018, magazine named Gadot one of the , and she was ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses.

In October 2020, ' annual list of the world's highest-paid actresses placed Gadot at number three, citing her $20 million for her role in the film .[13]

Gal Gadot was born on 30 April 1985 in , Israel,, Israel,, Israel., her first name means "wave" and her surname means "riverbanks". Both her parents were , and they their surname from "Greenstein" to "Gadot" prior to her birth. Her father is a sixth-generation ., survived the , and her grandmother left before the invasion., Israeli family environment". background, with origins in Poland, Austria, Germany and Czech Republic.

Gadot completed her two mandatory years of service in the , enlisted as a combat instructor. Gadot says that her background helped her to win the role of Gisele in : "I think the main reason was that the director really liked that I was in the military, and he wanted to use my knowledge of weapons." college.[25]

Modelling and pageant career

At age 18, Gadot won the 2004 beauty pageant, and subsequently competed in the pageant in Ecuador.

She has led international campaigns as a model for , smartphones, rum, fragrances and Vine Vera skincare ranges, and . In 2015, she became the face of Gucci's Bamboo perfume brand., , Bride Magazine, , , , , . Gadot has been the main model for fashion brand in 2008–16. 2.4 million.[30]

In 2007, 21-year-old Gadot was in the photo shoot "Women of the " and was then featured on the cover of the .

Acting

After Gadot had completed her first year of college, a casting director contacted her agent to have Gadot audition for the part of in the film ., a few months later, Gadot starred in the 2008 Israeli drama Bubot. Three months later, the casting director from her Quantum of Solace audition chose Gadot over six other actresses for the role of in the action film , the fourth film in the . Gadot performed her own stuntwork in those films.[33]

In 2010, she had small roles in the action comedy and the action-adventure comedy ., and in 2013's .[35]

Gadot portrayed in the superhero film (2016). Gadot received , , and training in preparation for the role.

Also in 2016, she had a small role in 's crime-thriller , where she starred along with and ., as the wife of ' character,, , and ., in which she played a secret agent, alongside , , and .[41]

In 2017, Gadot starred in a solo film for her character, . She reprised the role in the ensemble film , which was released in November 2017, and was her third installment..[45]

In 2018, Gadot voiced Shank in the film .[46]

Gadot will star alongside and in the upcoming thriller film , written and directed by . centered on produced by .

Producer

In October 2019, Gadot formed a production company, Pilot Wave, with her husband, Jaron Varsano, and said she will star in and co-produce an limited series about actress and inventor , as well as the historical thriller film Irena Sendler, about humanitarian .

Other work

Gadot, fellow actress , President , Wonder Woman director and U.N. Under-Secretary General appeared at the on 21 October 2016, the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Wonder Woman, to mark the character's designation by the United Nations as its "Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls". The gesture was intended to raise awareness of UN No. 5, which seeks to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030. that the character is "not culturally encompassing or sensitive" and served to objectify women. As a result, the character was stripped of the designation, and the project ended 16 December.[54]

Gadot appeared in the music video for 's song "" featuring ., Gadot visited a Virginia children's hospital in costume as Wonder Woman.[58]

Gadot was named as celebrity endorser for in 2020, replacing who had served in that role since 2008.[59]
In March 2020, Gadot and a number of other celebrities performed an online version of the song "" by , intended to raise morale in the face of the , many of whom criticised it for being an ineffectual response to the pandemic.

Gadot married Israeli real estate developer Yaron Varsano in 2008. and another in 2017.

Gadot and Varsano owned a boutique hotel in , which she helped to run. in 2015 for US$26 million.[72]

Film

Television

Music videos

Commercials

Pageants

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