Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot rose to fame playing the central character in Wonder Woman 2017. She has established herself as a leading lady in Bollywood with some of her famous roles. The winner of Miss Israel pageant, Gal is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. With this content, read more Gal Gadot biography, age, body measurement, family birthday, affairs, quotes, net worth, and movies.
Born Name:
Gal Gadot -Gal is pronounced just “G-al“ and Gadot similar to “a boat”
Nick Name:
Gal
Age:
Gal Gadot is currently 34 according to her birthdate April 30, 1985
Sun Sign:
Taurus
Born Place:
Rosh HaAyin, Israel
Nationality:
Israeli
Education:
Gal has studied law and political science at IDC Herzliya College.
She majored in biology in high school.
Occupation:
Actress, fashion model
Family:
Father: Michael Gadot Engineer
Mother: Irit née Weiss Gymnastics Teacher
Siblings: Dana Younger Sister
She is signed with these agencies:
ADD Agency
Untitled Entertainment
As a model, she was represented by these agencies:
Storm Models – London
One Management – New York
Spin Model Management – Hamburg
LOOK Model Agency
Build:
Slim
Height:
5 ft 10 in or 178 cm
Weight:
59 kg or 130 pounds
Boyfriend / Spouse:
During the filming of Fast & Furious, she married her Israeli businessman boyfriend, Yaron Varsano on September 28, 2008. The couple had a hotel in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv which was sold to a Russian businessman, Roman Abramovich for $26 million in April 2015.
The couple welcomed their first girl named, Alma Varsano in November 2011 and second daughter, Maya Varsano in March 2017.
Race / Ethnicity:
White
She has ¼ Austrian, ¼ Czech, ¼ Polish, and ¼ German ancestry.
Hair Color:
Dark Brown
Eye Color:
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation:
Straight
Great height:
Deep voice
Measurements:
34-23-34 in or 86-58.5-86 cm
Dress Size:
2 US or 34 EU
Shoe Size:
9 US or 39.5 EU
Brand Endorsements:
She was made the face of Gucci’s Bamboo perfume in 2015.
She has also appeared in commercials for Vine Vera skincare cream, Castro London, Jaguar Cars, Captain Morgan rum, and others.
Religion:
Judaism
Best Known For:
Playing Gisele Yashar in the Fast & Furious film series, and as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 and Wonder Woman 2017.
First Film:
She debuted with the 2009 action film Fast & Furious for her role as Gisele Yashar.
First TV Show:
In 2007, Gal appeared in Israeli series Bubot for her role as Miriam “Merry” Elkayam.
Personal Trainer:
Gal Gadot is a tough woman, having served in the Israeli military. To gain some weight and muscular body to play Wonder Woman in a movie, she did incorporate high fiber and protein diet.
Gal started doing weight training, increased time in cardio, apart from kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Capoeira, and sword fighting. Get to know more about her workout and diet at Healthy Celeb.
In general, she tries to work out three days in a week – one hour in each session. By the way, she is a foodie.
Gal Gadot Favorite Things:
Israeli Beauty Products – Ahava dead sea body care, Diva mascara
Gal Gadot Facts:
Gal has a 2006 black Ducati Monster-S2R motorcycle as she likes riding bikes.
Gal grew up playing tennis, basketball, dodgeball, and volleyball teams.
She was the winner of the beauty pageant Miss Israel 2004, but couldn’t win Miss Universe 2004.
She served as a dancer for 12 years.
Her first name Gal means “wave” in Hebrew. Whereas, her last name means “shores” or “riverbanks.”
Gal has worked as an enlisted soldier in the Israel Defense Forces for 2 years. At that time, she was also working as a model as she was 20.
Her earlier jobs include babysitting and she also worked at Burger King which she did as a teenager.
In 2013, she was earning more money annual modeling salary than other Israeli models such as Esti Ginzburg, Shlomit Malka, and Liraz Dror. Though, Gal was way behind Bar Refaeli.
Gal was first considered to play Bond girl Camille Montes in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace, but finally, Olga Kurylenko was cast. Later, to play Wonder Woman, both Olga Kurylenko and Gal were considered again. This time Gal beat her and as well all know, Gal was cast instead.
Gal became the first non-American to play Wonder Woman in a film when she appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016.
She was also offered to play Faora in Man of Steel 2013, but due to pregnancy, she had to turn down the role.
Connect with Gal:
twitter: https://www.twitter.com/galgadot
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GalGadot
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gal_gadot/