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American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder (born 1951)

For other people with the same name, see Linda Carter (disambiguation).

Lynda Jean Cordova Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, based on the DC comic book fictional superhero character of the same name.

As a pageant contestant, Carter was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. She achieved fame playing Wonder Woman in a series that aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979.^[4]

Early life

Carter was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Juana (née Córdova) and Colby Carter.^[1][5] Her father is of English and Irish ancestry, and her mother, whose family hailed from Chihuahua, Mexico, is of Spanish and French descent.^[6][7