Gal Gadot is a famous Israeli actress, model, and producer. She starred in many movies and TV series, with the most notable ones being Justice League and Wonder Woman.
Celebrity Name: Gal Gadot
Full Name: Gal Gadot Versano
Gender: Female
Birth Date: April 30, 1985
Birth Place: Petah Tikva, Israel
Age: 35 years old
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 58kg
Nationality: Israeli
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Status: Married
Husband: Yaron Versano
Children: Maya Versano, Alma Versano
Profession: Actress, Producer, Model
Gal Gadot Net Worth: $30 Million
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Who is Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot Versano or Gal Gadot, is a famous Israeli actress, producer, and model. She started her career as a model after joining beauty pageants and became known worldwide because of her acting career.
To date, Gal Gadot is famous for playing the DC character Wonder Woman and appearing in DC movies with her cameo.
Gal Gadot married Yaron Versano, a real estate developer, and has worked together to make various entrepreneurial projects like a hotel in Tel-Aviv which they sold for $26 million dollars to Roman Abramovich.
The couple also started Pilot Wave, a production company where Gal Gadot plans to make various films as co-producer and lead actress.
Gal Gadot was reported to be the highest-paid actress in 2018 and was included in Time Magazine’s top 100 most influential people. Two years later, she became again one of the five highest-paid actresses in the world by 2020.
The Netflix film Red Notice has earned her $20 million dollars worth of payday and was able to gather $32 million dollars during its period.
Early Life
Born on April 30, 1985, in Petah Tikvah, Israel to an engineer and a teacher, Gal Gadot was named after a Hebrew phrase by her parents that translates to “waves on the riverbank.”
Her roots trace back to a long genealogy of Jews in Israel and her grandparents were recorded to be victims of the Nazi insurgency in Europe before they moved to Israel.
Gal Gadot lived together with her younger sister and attended the IDC Herzliya College and studied law and international relations.
Military Career
Being an Israeli citizen, Gal Gadot took up the required military tour of duty for two years in the Israeli Defense Forces. Being a combat instructor in the military service, she used that experience as an asset to bring out the best of her acting skills in various action movies. To add it up, Gal Gadot also posed for the 2007 Maxim magazine for the “Women of the IDF” photoshoot.
Model
At an early age, Gal Gadot has displayed her talent as a model. While still 18 years old, she won the Miss Israel Pageant and took part in the 2004 Miss Universe beauty pageant in Ecuador bringing the pride of her homeland.
Because of her fame, Gal Gadot was offered a modeling career from various famous brands in the years that came, becoming the face of many marketing campaigns. This includes companies such as Huawei, Miss Sixty, Gucci, Captain Morgan, and Jaguar.
Not only that, but Gal Gadot was also featured in a number of famous magazines like Cosmopolitan, Bride Magazine, Glamour, FHM, and was the main model for the famous fashion brand Castro. In 2020, Gal Gadot replaced Jennifer Aniston as a pitchwoman for Smartwater.
Acting
Gal Gadot devoted herself to acting following her university education. She auditioned for the James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” as the “Bond Girl.”
Despite being unable to take the role, Gal Gadot had the opportunity to be featured in the fourth Fast & Furious film after being known for her military service and doing stunts of her own.
After doing small roles in Date Night and Knight and Day, Gal Gadot was again featured in the fifth and sixth Fast & Furious films doing her former role.
However, it was not until 2016 when Gal Gadot had her limelight in the movie industry after playing the role of Wonder Woman in the blockbuster film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
In some accounts, Gal Gadot was said to have extensive training in the art of kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, and other forms of martial arts to hone her skills for the action movie. It was even noted by other critics that her role as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice “stole the show.”
After taking smaller roles in other films the next year, Gal Gadot paved her way back to stardom after taking the lead role of Wonder Woman in 2017 and earned a gross income of an estimated $822 million for a budget of about $150 million.
Wonder Woman became the highest-grossing film in 2017 by a solo female director and had Gal Gadot earn even more as Wonder Woman in Justice League which was later released in the same year. It was also announced that a sequel for the movie Wonder Woman will be released in 2017 with Gal Gadot still as the lead actress.
Gal Gadot was also a known voice actor after appearing in an episode of The Simpsons as an animated version of herself and as the voice of Shank in Ralph Breaks the Internet in 2018.
Salary and Income Highlights
With the first Wonder Woman movie, Gal Gadot had only $300,000 as salary, far less than other male actors who played superheroes which soon became controversial. Because of this, Gal Gadot’s salary for the next films as Wonder Woman was increased subsequently.
Because of her performance in the first Wonder Woman film, Gal Gadot was able to amass a pay rate of $10 million dollars as Wonder Woman in her second appearance.
Gal Gadot was also reported to have an annual salary of 2.4 million Shekels for acting and modeling work in 2013.
From June 2017 to June 2018, Gal Gadot was able to earn $10 million dollars out of her movies and endorsements for known companies such as Revlon.
And by 2020, Gal Gadot was able to skyrocket $20 million dollars worth of paycheck for her appearance in the famous Netflix movie “Red Notice.”
Gal Gadot Total Net Worth
Being a renowned actress, model, and producer, Gal Gadot has an estimated net worth of $30 million to date.