Gal Gadot-Varsano born 30 April 1985) is a popular and multip award-winning Israeli actress and model, best known for her character of Gisele Yashar in the ‘Fast & Furious’ film series. Listed at number 5 on Shalom Life’s 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish women in the world, she is an iconic figure to be reckoned with in the Jewish world of entertainment. At age 18, she was crowned Miss Israel in 2004. She then served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years as a combat fitness instructor, whereafter she began studying at IDC Herzliya while building her modeling and acting careers. she started off her career as a model and went on to become the country’s leading model, winning the prestigious Miss Israeli pageant as well. She also represented the country at the Miss Universe crown.
Gadot was born on April 30, 1985, in Rosh Haayin, Israel, and grew up in nearby Rosh HaʿAyin, a small town east of Tel Aviv–Yafo, living with her parents and younger sister. She was raised in the Jewish faith and has said that her faith and Israeli identity are very important to her. Gadot described herself as having been very active as a child, playing several sports; she also studied dance for 12 years. After she graduated from high school, she won the Miss Israel pageant held in 2004. As Miss Israel, she was a contestant in the Miss Universe competition later that year, but she did not place, later commenting that she was not interested in being Miss Universe and did everything she could to make sure that she would not be chosen as the winner. When she was 20 years of age, she began two years of mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; 2005–07), serving as a combat fitness instructor.
She met her future husband, Jaron Varsano, during this time; they were married in 2008. her mother was a teacher, her father was an engineer by profession. She did her high school major in biology and also excelled in basketball in school due to her height. After completing high school, Gadot studied law twice at the Reichman Law School and at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
CAREER
She served her mandatory two years of service in the Israeli Defence Forces from the age of 20. Military training brought a lot of self-discipline to her life which she states became a valuable lessonIn 2017, Gadot starred in a solo film for her character, Wonder Woman. She reprised the role in the ensemble film Justice League, which was released in November 2017, and was her third DC Extended Universe installment That same year, Gadot was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2018, Time magazine named Gadot one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and Forbes ranked her as the tenth highest-paid actress in the world, with annual earnings of $10 million. In the same year, Gadot voiced Shank in the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Gadot appeared in the music video for Maroon 5’s song “Girls Like You” featuring Cardi B. In 2020, Forbes ranked Gadot as the third highest-paid actress in the world, with annual earnings of $31.5 million. On 11 October 2020, Gadot was confirmed to be reuniting with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins on Cleopatra, an epic film centered on Cleopatra produced by Paramount Pictures. Later, Jenkins moved to produce the project with Kari Skogland set to direct. In December, Gadot was cast in the spy thriller Heart of Stone.
In 2021, Gadot starred alongside Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds in the Netflix action comedy film Red Notice, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. The following year, she co-starred with Kenneth Branagh, Armie Hammer, Ali Fazal, Tom Bateman, and Annette Bening in the 2022 mystery film Death on the Nile, which was also directed by Branagh.
Gadot is slated to play the Evil Queen in a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and she will also produce and star in a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film To Catch a Thief.
PERSONAL LIFE
Gal Gadot married Israeli real estate developer, Yaron Varsano, on September 28, 2008. They welcomed their first daughter in 2011 and their second one in March 2017. The two formed their own film-television production company, Pilot Wave, in 2019. Gadot and Varsano owned a boutique hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, which she helped run, that eventually was sold to Roman Abramovich in 2015 for $26 million.
Net worth
Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and fashion model who has a net worth of $30 million.
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