Gal Gadot

**Gal Greenstein** ( ; ; 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.

In February 2024, Gadot was rushed to the hospital while eight months pregnant and diagnosed with CVT, a rare form of stroke that accounts for less than 3% of all strokes. She underwent emergency surgery to remove a "massive" blood clot from her brain. In December 2024, Gadot stated that she was fully recovered.

## 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 and desiring for a link to a Semitic name. Taking a Hebrew surname was a way to erase remnants of their diaspora experience and to create a link to the land they've taken. 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.”

### 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"|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Gal Gadot
גל גדות
- **image**: Gal Gadot (28823128627) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Gal Gadot in 2018
- **birth place**: Petah Tikva, Israel
- **occupation**: Celebrity, Model (person), Model
- **years active**: 2004 - present
- **children**: 4