Age: 41
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Gal Gadot (born April 30, 1985) is an Israeli-American actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of Time's 100 most influential people and ranked by Forbes as the tenth-highest-paid actress, later rising to third in 2020. She became the first Israeli actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025. Gadot grew up in Rosh HaAyin, and first gained attention locally after winning the Miss Israel 2004, followed by two years of service in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat trainer. During this time, she participated in a Maxim photo shoot that boosted her public profile. Gadot then began modeling and endorsing various brands. She made her television debut in the Israeli drama Bubot in 2008, followed by her film debut in a supporting role as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious (2009), reprising it in multiple sequels. Gadot first portrayed Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman. The success of the film led to her starring in Wonder Woman (2017), which became a major box office hit. She also reprised the role in Justice League (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), the latter of which she also co-produced. Since then, she has starred in Red Notice (2021), Death on the Nile (2022), Heart of Stone (2023), which she co-produced, and portrayed the Evil Queen in Snow White (2025).
Hadara Cohen, 42, was one of the most decorated fencers Israel ever produced — three World Championship medals, two Olympics, the specific combination of technical precision and psychological ferocity that makes a champion. She retired at thirty-eight after an injury and has spent four years not knowing what to do with herself. When the Israeli national fencing federation appoints her as head coach for the youth program, she finds herself in charge of eight extraordinarily talented teenagers who are learning to be athletes before they have learned to be people. The series is about coaching as a form of love, about what it means to give someone everything you know about excellence and then step back while they become better than you, and about the specific work of a woman who was the best and is now helping others become the best. Her reconnection with her estranged college friend Maya — now the federation's director and the person who hired her — is the series' central adult relationship.
