Name |
Gal Gadot |
Height |
|
Naionality |
Israel |
Date of Birth |
30-April-1985 |
Place of Birth |
Rosh HaAyin, Israel |
Famous for |
Acting |
Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. She won the Miss Israel title in 2004 and went on to represent Israel at the 2004 Miss Universe beauty pageant. Gadot is known for her role as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious and Fast Five, and is now playing the same role in the sixth "Fast and Furious" movie, scheduled for release in 2013.
Gadot appeared in Fast & Furious alongside co-stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, having beaten six other actresses for the role. In 2010, Gadot had a small role in the action-adventure Knight and Day, which starred Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. In the film, she played Naomi, a henchwoman to Tom Cruise's enemy. Earlier in the same year, she had a small role in the movie Date Night as Natanya, Holbrooke's (Mark Wahlberg) Israeli girlfriend. April 2011 brought her back to the The Fast & the Furious franchise, reprising her character in Fast Five. In May 2013, Gadot will again be seen playing Giselle in the sixth iteration of the "Fast and Furious" film series.
Gadot was born and grew up in Rosh HaAyin, Israel. At the age of 19, she attended and won the 2004 Miss Israel competition. After winning, she travelled to Ecuador to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. She did not place in the top 15 and returned to Israel to work as a model. She eventually made the move to Hollywood and became an actress. Gadot married her boyfriend, businessman Yaron Versano during the filming of Fast & Furious on September 28, 2008. At the beginning of November 2011, Gadot and Versano welcomed their first baby girl, Alma.