Gadot landed a role of a lifetime when she was cast as Wonder Woman (and her alter ego Diana Prince) for the big budget action film Batman v. She went on to appear with Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Costner in the action drama Criminal (2016), and in the comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses with Isla Fisher and Jon Hamm. She returned to play the role in several sequels: Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Furious 7 (2015).ĭuring this time, Gadot also appeared in 2010's Date Night and Night and Day, and had a supporting role in the Israeli feature Kicking Out Shoshana (2014). In 2009, Gadot made her film debut as Gisele in Fast & Furious, starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Film Career 'Fast & Furious' and Early Roles As Gadot told Interview magazine, “I realized it takes a lot to act, and it's so much more interesting than going to law school.” She soon landed a role on the Israeli TV series Bubot. Still, the experience sparked her interest in acting. She had several callbacks, but she didn’t get the part. While in college, Gadot was asked to audition to play the love interest of super spy James Bond in Quantum of Solace (2008). Gadot then served her mandatory two-year commitment in the Israel Defense Forces, before heading to college to study law. “I was shocked when they crowned me.” This victory helped launch her career as a model. “I never thought I would win,” she explained to Glamour magazine. Gadot entered the Miss Israel competition at age 18, thinking it would be a fun experience. One of her first career ambitions was to be a choreographer, she told Vanity Fair. Gadot was an athletic child, studying dance and playing several sports in her youth. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother was a teacher. Gadot was born on April 30, 1985, in Rosh HaAyin, Israel. Gadot was eventually tapped to play the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman on screen, earning praise for her leading performance in the 2017 box-office hit Wonder Woman. Fast & Furious (2009), the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, was her first film role. After undertaking two years of military service, she studied law before pursuing acting opportunities. Actress Gal Gadot first attracted notice as the winner of the Miss Israel competition in 2004.
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