However, the celebratory occasion was marred by the presence of several dozen demonstrators who arrived just before the ceremony was scheduled to begin.
Gal Gadot made history on Tuesday as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the first Israeli actor to be awarded the prestigious honor.
The ceremony featured appearances by “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins, “Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel, and actress Shira Haas, who all came to celebrate Gadot’s achievement.
Standing alongside her four daughters, Alma, 13, Maya, 8, Daniella, 3, and Ori, 13 months, and her husband Jaron Varsano, Gadot expressed gratitude for her family’s support.
“Whenever my success grew, I always got pregnant, I needed to ground myself. That’s what I tell my agents. It’s either I’m making movies or making babies, no more babies,” she joked.
“But Jaron always reminded me to dream and to be free to do whatever it is that I want to do.”
“Our daughters, Alma, Maya, whose birthday’s today, she’s 8, mazel tov! Dan Dan, and baby Ori, everything I do, I do for you. Being your Ima is my greatest, greatest privilege and the most meaningful thing I’ve ever done.”
Gadot welcomed her youngest daughter, Ori, whose name means “my light” in Hebrew, in March 2024 after a life-threatening brain tumor.
During her speech, the 39-year-old actress emphasized to her daughters that the ceremony wasn’t about fame but about passion and determination.
“I want you to know that this is not about fame or movies or any of that. This is about going after your passion and working hard and I want you to know that if you do, that you can achieve anything, my sweet girls. Absolutely anything, never forget that. I love you,” Gadot said.
“I’m just a girl from a town in Israel, this star will remind me that with hard work and passion and some faith, anything is possible.”
However, the celebratory occasion was marred by the presence of several dozen demonstrators from both pro-Hamas and pro-Israeli camps who arrived just before the ceremony was scheduled to begin.
Despite the event area being tented off and not visible from Hollywood Boulevard, the disturbance caused the ceremony to start 15 minutes late.
Anti-Israel protesters were seen carrying signs reading “Heroes Fight Like Palestinians,” “Viva Viva Palestina,” and “No Other Land Won Oscar.”
Others chanted “Up up with liberation, down down with occupation” and “Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crime.”
Police had to intervene during the event after a reported incident where a pro-Palestinian protester took an Israeli flag from a counter-protester.
Gadot, who has been an outspoken supporter of Israel on social media, addressed her stance in a recent interview with Variety ahead of the ceremony.
She explained that while she previously avoided politics, she felt compelled to speak following Hamas’ October 7 attack.
“When people were abducted from their homes, from their beds, men, women, children, elderly, Holocaust survivors, were going through the horrors of what happened that day, I could not be silent,” she said.
Despite criticism for some of her statements, Gadot maintained, “When your compass is clear, your conscience is clean. I know what I’m advocating for, and I know what I wish for the world.”