Gal Gadot-Varsano (Hebrew: גל גדות [ˈɡal ɡaˈdot]; born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress and model. At age 18, she was crowned Miss Israel 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.
Her first international film performance was as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious (2009), a part she reprised in the sequels Fast Five (2011) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013). Gadot went on to achieve global stardom for her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the films of the DC Extended Universe, including Batman v Superman (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). She has since starred in the Netflix action-comedy film Red Notice (2021) and the mystery film Death on the Nile (2022).
Dubbed the "biggest Israeli superstar" by local media outlets, Gadot was included on the list of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2018 and has placed twice in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses.
Gadot made her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live on October 7, 2017, the second episode of Saturday Night Live's 43rd season, with musical guest Sam Smith.
It was also the first episode to be broadcast live in Israel; until this night, it took a week for episodes aired in the US to appear on Israeli TV.
During the monologue, Gadot speaks a few sentences in Hebrew for the Israeli audience. The Hebrew sentences are subtitled in English.