Scarlett Johansson Biography

Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model and singer. Scarlett 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 Scarlett Johansson won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Both films earned her Golden Globe Award nominations.

Scarlett Johansson

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). Scarlett Johansson 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 Scarlett Johansson 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.

Early life
Scarlett 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.

Scarlett 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.

Personal life
Scarlett Johansson started dating Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds in 2007, and on May 5, 2008, it was reported that the two were engaged. On September 27, 2008, Johansson and Reynolds were married at a quiet ceremony near Tofino, British Columbia. They purchased a $2.8 million home together near Los Angeles, California. On December 14, 2010, Reynolds and Johansson announced that they had separated. Reynolds filed for divorce on December 23, 2010 in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. Johansson filed her divorce response simultaneously. The divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011. As the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement, all property and earnings accumulated during the marriage were split evenly.

On September 14, 2011, the FBI announced it was investigating the alleged hacking of Johansson's cell phone and the dissemination of nude photographs. In the December 2011 issue of Vanity Fair, Johansson stated that the photos were sent to her then-husband Reynolds three years prior to the incident, adding: "There's nothing wrong with that. It's not like I was shooting a porno, Although there's nothing wrong with that either."

Filmography

Scarlett Johansson

1994 North
1995 Just Cause
1996 Manny & Lo
1996 If Lucy Fell
1997 Home Alone 3
1997 Fall
1998 The Horse Whisperer
1999 My Brother the Pig
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 Ghost World
2001 An American Rhapsody
2002 Eight Legged Freaks
2003 Lost in Translation
2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring
2004 A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004 A Good Woman
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 The Perfect Score
2004 In Good Company
2005 The Island
2005 Match Point
2006 Scoop
2006 The Black Dahlia
2006 The Prestige
2007 The Nanny Diaries
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 The Spirit
2009 He's Just Not That into You
2010 Iron Man 2
2011 We Bought a Zoo
2012 The Avengers