¿Quién es Gal Gadot y por qué se ha convertido en la nueva it girl?

Gal Gadot no solo responde a la actriz que representa Wonder Woman en su remake de este 2017, detrás de ese nombre se encuentra una de las chicas del momento. Firmas y revistas la quieren como imagen y cada vez son más las apariciones de ésta en todos los medios. De profesión modelo y actriz, en 2004 representó a su país, Israel, en el certamen de belleza Miss Universo en Ecuador.

A pesar de que su nombre empieza a sonar mucho últimamente, dentro de su CV encontramos papeles singulares como el de Gisele Yashar en la saga The Fast and the Furious 5.

Su estilo para el día a día

Pocas imágenes tenemos de ella en la calle, pero su estilo es sencillo y efectivo: con unos pantalones de piel, una camiseta de algodón y un trench militar logra lo que muchas buscamos para el día a día.

Aunque parece ser que su prenda favorita a la hora de salir a la calle son los vestidos cortos, ajustados al cuerpo y con un toque ladylike. En distintas tonalidades y estampados, Gal demuestra que no hay estilo que se le resista.

Su estilo en las alfombras rojas

Su estilo para los eventos de noche es elegante aunque sigue siendo fiel a la sencillez. Los vestidos largos con escote en V son sus favoritos, pero en ocasiones arriesga y se decanta por algo totalmente rompedor como un traje-pantalón (del que somos fans).

Pero si hay un look que tenmos grabado en nuestras retinas es el que lució durante la premiere de Wonder Woman en Los Ángeles: su vestido rojo cut out con lentejuelas rojas escondía un calzado inusual para este tipo de eventos, sandalias planas más propias de un día de verano.

La favorita de las revistas

A pesar de que su nombre hace años que ya suena dentro del mundo del cine, las revistas se han despertado este 2017 y todas quieren tener a la actriz en portada. Desde Glamour a Grazia (edición china) pasando por W Magazine, éstas son algunas de las cabeceras internacionales que no han dudado en contar con su presencia.

Yaron Varsano, un orgulloso marido

Yaron Versano es el marido de la actriz desde 2008. Ambos de procedencia israelí, éste no puede estar más orgulloso de ella y así lo deja patente en sus redes sociales: haciéndose un selfie con una campaña publicitaria en pleno aeropuerto, destacando sus portadas de moda en los quioscos internacionales o luciendo una camiseta donde demuestra que su mujer es Wonder Woman en carne y hueso.

Gal Gadot-Varsano^[3] (Hebrew: גל גדות‎‎; Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈɡal ɡaˈdot];^[4][5] born April 30, 1985)^[6] is an Israeli actress and model.

Gadot is primarily known for her role as Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, starting with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), continuing as the lead in Wonder Woman (2017).^[7][8] She is also known for her role as Gisele Yashar in the The Fast and the Furious franchise.

Gadot was crowned Miss Israel 2004.^[9] She is the face of Gucci‘s Bamboo perfume.^[10]

Early life

Gal Gadot was born in Petah Tikva, Israel,^[1] and raised in its neighbouring city Rosh HaAyin.^[11] In Hebrew, her first name means “wave” and her surname means “riverbanks”.^[12]She is the daughter of Irit (née Weiss), a teacher, and Michael Gadot, an engineer. Both her parents were born in Israel, and they had Hebraized their surname from “Greenstein”.^[4][13] Her maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors.^[14][15] Her ancestry is Polish-Jewish, Austrian-Jewish, German-Jewish, and Czech-Jewish.^[16] She has one younger sister named Dana. Her high school major was biology. She says that in high school she was successful at basketball because of her height.^[2] As a teenager, her first jobs were babysitting and at Burger King.^[17] As an adult, Gadot started studying law and political science twice at the IDC Herzliya college.^[2][18]

Military service

At the age of 20, Gadot served for two years as an enlisted soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, serving as a combat trainer.^[19] She says of her time in the army: “You give two or three years, and it’s not about you. You learn discipline and respect.”^[20] Gadot says that her background helped her to win the role of Gisele in Fast & Furious: “I think the main reason was that the director Justin Lin really liked that I was in the military, and he wanted to use my knowledge of weapons.”^[21]

Modeling

 

Gadot at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con panel for Justice League

Gadot has led international campaigns as a model for Miss Sixty, Huawei smartphones, Captain Morgan rum, Gucci fragrances and Vine Vera skincare ranges, and Jaguar Cars. She is the face of Gucci’s Bamboo perfume brand,^[10] She has featured as the covergirl on Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Bride Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, UMM, Cleo, Fashion, Lucire, FHM. Gadot has been the main model for fashion brand Castro in 2008–2016.^[22] In 2013, her combined annual modelling and acting salary was estimated at NIS 2.4 million, which was ahead of a number of other famous Israeli models such as Esti Ginzburg and Shlomit Malka, although significantly behind Bar Refaeli.^[23]

At the age of 18.5 Gadot won the 2004 Miss Israel beauty pageant,^[9] and next competed in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant in Ecuador. She carried out her two-year military service from the age of 20, then studied law. When she had completed her first year of school a casting director called her to audition for the part of Bond girl Camille Montes in the film Quantum of Solace.^[24] Although she didn’t get the part, the same casting director later hired Gadot for the role of Gisele in Fast & Furious. Gadot performed her own stunts in the Fast & Furious films.^[25]

In 2007, 21-year-old Gadot was in the Maxim photo shoot, “Women of the Israeli Army”, and was then featured on the cover of the New York Post. In April 2012, Shalom Life ranked her Number 5 on its list of “the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish women in the world”, behind model Bar Refaeli and actress Eva Green.^[26] In 2014, Gadot was one of two Israeli actresses, along with Odeya Rush, listed as an upcoming leading lady by InStyle magazine.^[27]

Acting

 

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Gal Gadot at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con panel for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

In 2008, Gadot starred in the Israeli drama Bubot. She appeared as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious, the fourth film in The Fast & the Furious franchise, having won the role over six other actresses.^[28][29] In 2010, she had small roles in the action-comedy Date Night and the action-adventure Knight and Day.^[30] 2011 brought her back to The Fast & the Furious franchise, reprising her role as Gisele in Fast Five. In 2013, Gadot played Gisele again in Fast & Furious 6.

Gadot played Wonder Woman in the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Gadot received swordsmanship, Kung Fukickboxing, capoeira and Brazilian jiu-jitsu training in preparation for the role.^[31] Gadot’s performance as the superhero, which is the first time for the character on film, was hailed as one of the best parts of the film.^[32]

Also in 2016, she had a small role in John Hillcoat‘s crime-thriller Triple 9, where she starred along with Kate Winslet and Aaron Paul.^[33]Later that year, she co-starred in the thriller film Criminal, as the wife of Ryan Reynolds‘ character,^[34] alongside Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones.^[35] Her final film of 2016 was the comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses, in which she played a secret agent, alongside Isla Fisher and Jon Hamm.^[36]

In 2017, Gadot starred in a solo film for her character, Wonder Woman. She will reprise the role again in the ensemble Justice League film which is scheduled for a November 17, 2017 release, which would be her third DC Extended Universe installment.^[37][38][39]

Activism and recognition

On October 21, 2016, the 75th anniversary of her first appearance, the Wonder Woman character was designated by the United Nations as its “Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls”, a gesture intended to promote global gender equality and empowerment. In attendance to mark the occasion was Gadot, fellow Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins and U.N. Under-Secretary General Cristina Gallach.^[40][41]

Personal life

Gadot married Israeli real estate developer Yaron Versano on September 28, 2008.^[42] They have two daughters.^[43][44][45] Until 2015, the couple used to own a luxury hotel in Tel Aviv, which Gal Gadot says she helped to run, including changing the bedsheets in the rooms herself.^[46] They sold their hotel to Roman Abramovich in 2015 for $26 million.^[47]Gadot owns a black 2006 Ducati Monster-S2R motorcycle.^[48]

Filmography

Film

Television

Pageants

Awards and nominations

See also

• Israeli fashion
• Women in the Israel Defense Forces
• Women in Israel