Israeli actress Gal Gadot, best known for her role Wonder Woman in the eponymous 2017 film and franchise, will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year, joining the more than 2,700 members of the entertainment industry who have been immortalized with a Hollywood star.

Gadot will be the first Israeli actress to receive a star on the Walk of Fame.Other Jewish figures awarded stars for 2024 include actress and director Maggie Gyllenhaal; writer, director and actor Michael Schur, who is best known for creating or co-creating the sitcoms “Parks and Recreation.The Office and The Good Place actor Eugene Levy most recently known for starring on Schitt’s Creek and composer Charles Fox, who wrote dozens of television theme songs and film scores and is known for writing the music toKilling Me Softly With His Song” before it was covered by Roberta Flack.

Gadot who served in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat fitness instructor, has proudly discussed her Israeli and Jewish identity in public. While hosting Saturday Night Live in 2017, her monologue included a Hebrew bit that referenced how Israelis eat hummus. Her maternal grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and her father is a sixth generation Israeli. She has said that she recites the modeh ani” prayer in the morning, has spoken out against antisemitism and has shared photos of her family celebrating Jewish holidays on her social media.