Bond babe Olga Kurylenko and G.I. Joe: Retaliation's Elodie Yung also auditioned for the Amazonian warrior princess role, Variety reported last month.

The 28-year-old is known for her roles in Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five, Fast & Furious and Knight and Day.

According to IMDB, Gadot represented Israel in the Miss Universe in 2004.

Gadot joins Lynda Carter and Adrianne Palicki, who have also played the DC Comics character (though Palicki's TV version famously never made it to screens).

The follow-up to the 2013 blockbuster hit, Man of Steel, is slated to hit theaters July 17, 2015.