Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer.

Johansson made her film debut in North (1994) and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo (1996). She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Ghost World (2001). She transitioned to adult roles with her performances in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003), for which she won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Both films earned her Golden Globe Award nominations.

A role in A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) earned Johannson a third Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination. Johansson garnered another Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress with her role in Woody Allen's Match Point (2005). She went on to star in two further Allen movies: Scoop (2006) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Johansson has appeared in other successful films, such as Christopher Nolan's The Prestige (2006) and the summer blockbuster Iron Man 2 (2010)

The 2010 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge gave Johannson some of her best reviews for her acting, and she received a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. On May 20, 2008, Johansson debuted as a vocalist on her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, which comprises mostly cover versions of Tom Waits songs. Her second album, Break Up, with Pete Yorn, was released in September 2009.

1 Early life

    2 Acting career
        2.1 Early roles
        2.2 Transition to adult roles
        2.3 2005–07
        2.4 2008–present

2.5 Theatre

    3 Endorsements
    4 Music career
    5 Status as sex symbol
    6 Personal life
    7 Activism
        7.1 Charity work
        7.2 Political advocacy
    8 Filmography
    9 References
    10 External links

Johansson was born in New York City on November 22, 1984.] Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx.]]] Johansson has an older sister, Vanessa, who is an actress; an older brother, Adrian; a twin brother, Hunter (who appeared with her in the film Manny & Lo);] and an older half-brother, Christian, from her father's first marriage.]

Johansson grew up in a household with "little money",] and with a mother who was a "film buff".] She and her brother, Hunter, attended P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village in elementary school.] Johansson began her theatrical training by attending and graduating from Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2002.