Lynda Carter may be best known for her role as the titular character in the original TV series Wonder Woman, but since then the actress has also become a staunch supporter of women’s reproductive rights, a gay rights activist, and an award-winning singer. Here, a look back at her best moments on the red carpet, from the ’70s to today, including an appearance with actress Gal Gadot, the star of 2017’s Wonder Woman, at the film’s premiere.
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Lynda Carter walking on the street with The Daily News; circa 1970; New York. (Photo by Art Zelin/Getty Images)
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Wearing an Indian necklace, Lynda Carter, Miss USA, arrives at London Airport for the Miss World Contest at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1972. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
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Lynda Carter. (Photo by Echoes/Redferns)
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Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.
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“The New Original Wonder Woman” pilot aired November 7, 1975.
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Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, 1975.
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Lynda Carter (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
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Lynda Carter at Le Bistro Restaurant, Los Angeles in January 1979. (Photo by Tom Wargacki/WireImage)
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Lynda Carter with Ray Charles, 1981.
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Ron Samuels with his wife Linda Carter in the ’70s. (Photo by Art Zelin/Getty Images)
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Lynda Carter, 1982.
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Lynda Carter (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
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Lynda Carter during Bob Hope Easter Special at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
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Lynda Carter (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
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Lynda Carter during The Costume Institute Gala – December 9, 1991 at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
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Lynda Carter (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
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Lynda Carter during TV Critic Press Tour – July 8, 1994 at Universal Hilton Hotel in Universal City, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
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Lynda Carter during American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala at Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)
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Lynda Carter.
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Lynda Carter at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., December 2014.
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Lynda Carter at the Gods Love We Deliver gala in New York, New York, October 2015.
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Lynda Carter in New York, New York, April 2016.
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Honoree/actress Lynda Carter attends the 41st Annual Gracie Awards at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 24, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
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Actress Lynda Carter visits SiriusXM Studio on April 19, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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Actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter pose as the UN names the comic character Wonder Woman its Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls during a ceremony at the United Nations Economic and Social Council Chamber on October 21, 2016, in New York. Gadot plays Wonder Woman in a film to be released in 2017, while Carter portrayed the character on television in the 1970s.
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Lynda Carter arrives at the 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on December 4, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage)
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Linda Carter attends The Paley Honors: Celebrating Women In Television at Cipriani Wall Street on May 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jenny Anderson/WireImage)
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Actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter attend the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Wonder Woman” at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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Lynda Carter poses for photos during the “Library of Awesome” pop-up exhibit at The Library of Congress on June 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)
