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Background[]
Gal Gadot ( b. 30 April 1985 ) is an Israeli model and actress. She has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances. Gadot is regarded as one of the influential woman actresses in the world.
Gadot is best known for her performances as Gisele Yashar in the Fast & Furious Franchise and Wonder Woman in the DCEU Franchise.
Filmography[]
- Bubot (2007)
- Fast & Furious (2009)
- Entourage (2009) 1 episode
- The Beautiful Life (2009) 3 episodes
- Date Night (2010)
- Knight and Day (2010)
- Fast Five (2011)
- Asfur (2011) 7 episodes
- Eretz Nehederet (2012) 1 episode
- Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
- Kicking Out Shoshana (2014)
- Triple 9 (2016)
- Criminal (2016)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
- Huawei P9 Gal Gadot (2016)
- Entertainment Tonight (2016-22) 34 episodes
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- The Trinity: Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman (2017)
- Saturday Night Live (2017) 1 episode
- Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time (2017) 1 episode
- Secret History of Comics (2017) 1 episode
- Justice League (2017)
- Access Hollywood (2017-21) 6 episodes
- Huawei P20 Pro: See More (2018)
- The Simpsons (2018) 1 episodes
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
- Eurovision Song Contest Tel Aviv 2019 (2019)
- Covid Is No Joke (2020)
- DC Fandome (2020)
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
- Red Notice (2021)
- DC FanDome 2021 (2021)
- Death on the Nile (2022)
- Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event (2022)
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
- Fast X (2023)
- The Flash (2023)
- Heart of Stone (2023)
Trivia[]
- She won the Miss Israel title in 2004, and represented Israel at the 2004 Miss Universe beauty pageant.
- She served for two years as sports trainer in the Israeli Defense Forces between ages eighteen and twenty.
- Is the first non-American actress to play Wonder Woman and is the first actress to portray Wonder Woman in any live-action theatrical film.
- She was up for the role of Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), but it ultimately went to Karen Gillan.
- Ranked #84 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.
- She was offered to portray Faora in Man of Steel (2013), but turned it down due to her pregnancy at that time. The role was passed to Antje Traue.
- After deciding to turn to acting, her very first audition was for the role of Camille Montes in the 007 film Quantum of Solace. Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko ultimately won the part.
Quotes[]
- "There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are 'the poor heartbroken girl'. That's why I'm so proud of the Fast movies. I feel like Giselle is an empowering woman."
- "My height is 178 cm, which explains how I got on the high school basketball team. I was not an amazing shooter, but I ripped them on defense."