Who are Gal Gadot’s supportive Jewish parents, Irit and Michael? The Snow White actress calls her teacher mum her ‘personal Wonder Woman’, and they discouraged her from watching TV as a child

Mar 24 , 2025

Disney actress Gal Gadot’s parents Irit and Michael Gadot. Photos: @gal_gadot/Instagram

Snow White stars Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler reportedly don’t get on due to their views on Israel and Palestine – so what do we know about Gadot’s Israeli Jewish parents, who raised the star in Tel-Aviv?

It seems Disney’s newly released live-action remake of Snow White can’t catch a break when it comes to controversies.

From lead actress Rachel Zegler’s eyebrow-raising comments about the original 1937 film to the new production’s use of CGI dwarves, Snow White has been mired in controversy since its inception.

Gal Gadot’s mum Irit is from Israel. Photo: Gal Gadot/Facebook

Most recently, media outlets have revealed that there is an alleged feud between co-stars Zegler and Gal Gadot. Sources told People magazine that they haven’t been seeing eye to eye in part due to their “very different political views” on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Gadot, who was born in Israel, has been advocating for the release of Israeli hostages, while Zegler has shown her support on social media for Palestine, notes the media outlet. Gadot has also served in the Israel Defense Forces.

A young Gal Gadot with her father Michael. Photo: @gal_gadot/Instagram

But what do we know about her parents and their story?

Where are Gal Gadot’s parents from?

Irit and Michael Gadot are the parents of Hollywood actress Gal Gadot. Photo: @irit__gadot/Instagram

Gal Gadot’s parents, Irit and Michael Gadot, are sabras (which refers to a native-born Israeli Jew) according to an interview she gave to The Forward in 2011.

Gal Gadot’s grandfather Abraham Weiss, who lost his family in the Holocaust. Photo: @gal_gadot/Instagram

Her grandfather, Abraham Weiss, lost his entire family in the Holocaust, she revealed in a post on Instagram. “My grandfather somehow survived,” she wrote. “His legacy was to have his own new family and create for himself new roots in this world as all he ever had was taken from him.”

Where did Gal Gadot grow up?

Gal Gadot has called Irit Gadot her “personal Wonder Woman”. Photo: @irit__gadot/Instagram