Scarlett Johansson

Biography of Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is a Hollywood actress, who starred dozens of outstanding pictures. The prestigious cinema awards marked her roles in the films «Lost in Translation», «Girl with a Pearl Earring», and «Match Point».

Charming Scarlett Johansson, an actress, singer, and model

Childhood

Scarlett was born in a family of Danish architect Karsten Johansson and a housekeeper Melanie Sloan. The girl had a twin-brother Hunter, and elder brother and sister, Adrian and Vanessa; the newborn girl was named in honor of Scarlett O’Hara from «Gone with the Wind».

Scarlett Johansson childish photos

Scarlett’s parents took an attempt to bring children into the world of art when they barely started talking. The family had led the twins to an audition for commercial. However, the commercial’s director liked their eldest son Adrian only. This case caused baby Scarlett to dream to become an actress.

Scarlett Johansson in the childhood – one of her first roles

The mother maintained the desire of her daughter. At the age of 8, she had entered the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute of Manhattan. The girl was lucky to be accepted into a group for the talented children. However, she managed to reach her potential brilliantly in the first half a year. So, she was bored in the children's circle. As a result, she was transferred to a group for adults.

Career Start

In 1994, 10-year-old Scarlett Johansson debuted in the film «North» together with the beginning actor Elijah Wood. In 1995, she was working on one shooting stage with Sean Connery in the picture «Just Cause». In 1996, she played her first lead role in the movie «Manny and Lo», which was marked by the Independent Spirit Awards.

Little Elijah Wood and Scarlett Johansson in the picture «North»

A talented girl occupied the niche of the heroines of the better family films: «Home Alone 3», with the beginning actor Alex D. Linz, who replaced Macaulay Culkin; «My Brother the Pig», where Scarlett played a lead role shared with Eva Mendes, and a number of other similar projects.

Scarlett Johansson in the picture «My Brother the Pig»

The touching picture «The Horse Whisperer» with Robert Redford had ended the «childish» period in Scarlett Johansson’s career. The role of the girl, who lost her leg due to the accident, was performed in such a sincere manner that Redford confessed that the little girl acted herself as an adult actress.

Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson in «The Horse Whisperer»

Time passed, and the roles of Scarlett Johansson became deeper. Released in 2001, the picture «Ghost World» got an impressive number of laudatory reviews. However, only three main actors were nominated for the Golden Globe Award: Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi, although the heroine of Scarlett Johansson took the audience no less.

Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch – «Ghost World»

The Coen Brothers film «The Man Who Wasn't There» provoked a strong outcry from critics. They have accepted questionably the storyline between the hero of Billy Bob Thornton and young Birdy, which was played by Scarlett. However, Thornton was impressed by their collaboration.

The duet of Scarlett Johansson and Billy Bob Thornton

Rather strange episodes filled Johansson Filmography. For example, the horror picture «Eight Legged Freaks», where the girl’s heroine had to run away from the attack of giant radioactive insects with Kari Wuhrer and David Arquette.

«Eight Legged Freaks», Scarlett Johansson featuring

Outbreak

2003 was a life-changing year for the actress. 29 August, the picture «Lost in Translation» by Sofia Coppola was released on big screen. 19-year-old Scarlett played a young Charlotte, the girl-friend of Bill Murray in his random trip to Tokio. The daughter of a famous Francis Coppola said that she had chosen Johansson due to her calm, wise look of a 30-year-old woman, which is irregular for other young actresses.

Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson

The light film about the complexity of adaptation in a foreign country and a feeling that appeared among such different people, who were united by knowing of language only and a sense of overwhelming loneliness, was liked by critics and viewers, and provided Johansson’s career unprecedented acceleration.

Scarlett Johansson’s heroine in the film «Lost in Translation»

Right after that the release of the Peter Webber’s picture «Girl with a Pearl Earring» followed, which acquainted the viewers with the history of Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece. The role of the Dutch master was played by Colin Firth. Scarlett performed an artist model for the world-wide portrait. Thanks to the «Girl with a Pearl Earring» the actress won the Golden Globe Award in 2004.

«Girl with a Pearl Earring» – Scarlett Johansson

A year after Woody Allen presented to the society a new picture – a drama «Match Point», narrating about the personal tragedy of the former tennis legend Chris Wilton. He crossed in love with Scarlett’s heroine one-sidely. The picture enriched the collection of the actress awards by a new Golden Globe Award.

Scarlett Johansson in Match Point

In the same 2005, another box-successful picture with Johansson starring was released. Although its atmosphere was dramatically opposed to the «Match Point». We talk about the anti-fantastic action of Michael Bay «The Island», where the girl played in duet with Ewan McGregor for the first time. The picture was accepted coldly. The film producers put the blame on Scarlett for this failure. They stated that she «could play in more sexual manner».

Scarlett Johansson didn’t save «The Island» from criticism

In 2006, three films were released one after another with a pause in a pair of months: «Scoop» with Hugh Jackman, «The Black Dahlia» with Josh Hartnett, and Oscar nominated «The Prestige» with Christian Bale. Scarlett played the lead roles in all projects. Meantime, the pictures and its roles were quite different. These were a student, Sondra Pransky, spelled by a British aristocrat, an ex-whore Kay Lake, and a magician’s assistant Olivia Wenscombe.

«The Prestige»: Scarlett Johansson in the role of the magician’s assistant

The role in the drama «The Nanny Diaries» was the next important checkpoint in Scarlett’s career. The picture narrated about Annie Braddock’s adventures, who had just graduated the college and solved the difficult dilemma: whether she should devote her life to favorite, yet unprofitable business in the face of anthropology, or sacrifice her dream in sake of her financial stability. She occupied the position of nanny in a welfare family of a certain Mrs X in search of the answer. As the plot goes, she begins dating with a «Harvard Hottie» – Chris Evans.

Harsh reality of nanny

In 2008, Scarlett Johansson entered the new period in her life. Her talent was noticed by the creators of a super-hero actions. The film director Frank Miller was the first. He invited the girl in the movie «The Spirit». The actress played a cold and unpredictable girl of Gabriel Macht’s hero. As for the role of the main baddie, it was given to Samuel L. Jackson.

Scarlett Johansson in Silken Floss role, picture «The Spirit»

Marvel Universe and Black Widow

In 2010, the release of the sequel «Iron Man» took place. The movie immediately climbed the top due to Robert Downey Jr’s charm. Scarlett Johansson played the character of Natasha Romanoff, retired Russian agent best known as «Black Widow» for the first time.

«Iron Man» Natasha Romanoff played by Scarlett Johansson

The next five years Scarlett demonstrated the super abilities of the beloved by the viewers heroine: in «The Avengers» (2012), the second episode of «The Avengers: Age of Ultron»(2015), and in a spin-off about the Captain America «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» (2014).

Scarlett Johansson while filming a movie «The Avengers»

The Other New Projects

In 2016, the viewers saw Scarlett Johansson in tandem with George Clooney and Josh Brolin in a comedy «Hail, Caesar!». They also heard her voice in the Disney screening of the Rudyard Kipling’s novel «The Jungle Book», where Johansson voiced over a wise Kaa, but not an Indian leopard Bagheera.

Scarlett Johansson saw the New Year 2016 with a new fashionable haircut

Meantime, the actress was featuring the picture «Captain America: Civil War», where she was working together with Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Paul Bettany, and many other «avengers».

Scarlett Johansson: best and worst

In 2017 she apeeared in movie «Ghost in Shell» based on self-titled anime (1995).

Scarlett Johansson in «Ghost in Shell»

Music

Scarlett starred the clips of Justin Timberlake and Bob Dylan, when she was just starting her acting career. In 2007, Johansson was invited by Pete Yorn to record the joint album. As the musician narrated later, he was afraid much that Scarlett couldn’t sing and he even asked Zooey Deschanel to help her. However, as it turned out Johansson had very clear and voluminous voice. The released album was called «Relator».

In 2007 Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn recorded a joint album

In 2008, Scarlett Johansson released a solo album «Anywhere I Lay My Head». The sing in it were just cover versions of Tom Waits compositions, and critics condemned the album, having called it the «main disappointment of the year».

The cover of the solo album of Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Dating History

In 2001, the 17-year-old actress was dating with Jack Antonoff for a short time.

Jack Antonoff, the first boyfriend of Scarlett Johansson

In 2004, after the work in «The Black Dahlia» the girl had a love affair with Josh Hartnett, which lasted for two years.

Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett

In the middle of 2007, the actress met a Canadian actor, Ryan Reynolds. The young people realized that their meeting was not random from the first phrases. It took Ryan less than a year to make a proposal. After the modest wedding, the newly-married bought the small and cozy house in Los Angeles and started a family life full of harmony and mutual comprehension. Alas, the harmony lasted for two years only. The spouses saw each other less and less thanks to their tight working schedule. Finally, they realized that their feeling was lost.

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson divorced two year after marriage

In 2011, right after the split with Ryan, Scarlett found solace with Sean Penn. However, she had never hidden the fact that their relationships were not serious.

Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn’s love affair was short

In the September 2011, Scarlett Johansson was involved in the loud scandal since the hackers cracked her smartphone and posted her intimate photos on the Internet.

Hackers stole Scarlett Johansson’s intimate photos

In the fall of 2013, the actress said to the Mass Media the name of her new boyfriend. It was a French journalist Romain Dauriac. They met each other due to the common ink master Fussy.

Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac

The couple wanted to marry in the January 2014. However, the actress pregnancy caused the transferring of the event to the late period. On September 4, Scarlett Johansson gave birth to her daughter Rose. On October 1, the sweethearts changed with rings and wedding vows. «Romain is a man that makes me smile every day», – the actress stated in her interview after the wedding.

Scarlett Johansson with her husband and child

In March 2017 she suddenly announced their divorce and began to date with Colin Jost, SNL author. In June paparazzi caught her walking hand in hand with her lawyer Kevin Yorn. In that moment she was going through a divorce.

Besides after divorce she said that will never marry again, at the beginning of Spring 2020 they got engaged (after 2 years of dating).

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost

Scarlett Johansson Today

"The Avengers" movie series came to close, but there will be the solo movie about Black Widow. It should be released in May, 2020, but Covid-19 pandemic have spoiled the game.

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow

Michael Simmons

I like how Johansson acting in `The Avengers` but as a singer she is not that good, better don`t mix everything

2021-04-05 13:02:41
Michele Lewis

In my opinion as an actress Scarlett Johansson not that talented. The movie `Lost in Translation` was really her strong role in the film but other movies with her in last 10 years leave something to be desired.

2021-03-29 21:01:58
Adam Brooks

Not long time ago I accidentally discovered one song by Scarlett. I didn`t know that she is singing and I need to say that I was pleasantly surprised.

2021-02-27 23:46:27
Glenda Horton

Unbelievable beautiful, open person and talented actress with a charming smile

2021-02-20 15:38:05