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Let's look at the qualities she has to have.
First, she needs to be tall with a killer bod. According to the encyclopedia of the DCU, Wonder Woman is 6 feet tall and weighs 165 lbs, and is generally drawn as being very muscular, but in a feminine way. Obviously, this is unrealistic for a live action film.
Terry Ferrel has the height, as does Famke Janssen; I don't really see any woman being "too tall" but many mentioned are clearly too short to be an Amazon. Courtney Cox, Eliza Dushku, for example.
She needs to be young, able to play in her 20's. Wonder Woman, Pre-Crisis was in her 50's, but she's immortal, so physically she needs to be at about the age of physical maturity, or in her early 20's.
She needs to be athletic. She's a warrior.
She needs to able to play innocent. The current Wonder Woman is, I believe, still a virgin; Pre-Crisis she got it on with Steve Trevor and eventually married him and became a goddess.
It has to be a relative unknown. Any "name" actess brings baggage to the role. Go with a tall, athletic, young actress for whom this will be her first major role.
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