It’s hard to believe it, but Gal Gadot is now the mom of a bat mitzvah girl. The Israeli actress’s oldest daughter, Alma, just celebrated the Jewish rite of passage, having turned 13 on November 5 of this year.
For the momentous occasion of her oldest girl becoming a woman, Gadot did something she very rarely does: shared a picture of her entire family, posing with her husband Jaron Varsano, Alma, Maya, 7, Daniella, 3 and baby Ori, who was born in March of this year, with their faces completely unblurred and unobscured. Alma stands in the middle, wearing a sparkly lavender spaghetti-strap dress. It’s unclear whether the couple traveled back to Israel from their Los Angeles home for the celebration, but they seem to be on a balcony on a sunny day with a sprawling verdant view.
Gadot also wrote a special message to her not-so-young-anymore daughter.
“My baby is celebrating her bat mitzvah. I can’t believe the amazing person you’ve become,” she shared with her millions of followers on Instagram. “Your joy, humor, curiosity, and big heart of yours are absolutely magnetic. You teach me so much about motherhood, life, and myself.”
“Thank you for choosing me to be your mother, for choosing us to be your parents,” she continued. “There is no mountain too high for you, and no ocean too wide and deep that you cannot conquer. Love you forever and always, Ima,” she finished, with the Hebrew word for mom.
Gadot also shared a photo of Alma from the day she was born, the young actress and her husband taking a selfie with that plastic hospital baby cart, just a couple of years after Gadot got her first big Hollywood break in the “Fast & Furious” franchise as Gisele Yashar, half a decade before she would become the iconic “Wonder Woman.”
Many fellow Jewish celebrities, including Selma Blair, Shira Haas, Rachel Zoe, Jessica Seinfeld, Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman, wished Alma and Gal a hearty mazel tov in the comments. Isla Fisher wrote to Gadot: “You have the most beautiful family ❤️😘❤️😘 I can’t believe Alma is having her batty! I could cry. I’m so so proud of her.”
Many have noted that young Alma looks a lot like her mom, and the teen has a couple of acting credits under her belt: Sam-Sam in the “The Angry Birds Movie 2,” and appearing, along with her sister Maya and father, in the final scene of “Wonder Woman 1984,” so it’s clear that she could potentially follow in her mother’s footsteps.
A hearty mazel tov to Alma and the entire Gadot-Varsano family!
