Biography
Scarlett Johansson knew she wanted
to be an actress at age 3, and she fulfilled this dream only
five years later. After an off-Broadway debut and several film roles,
Scarlett won a Hollywood Reporter "YoungStar Award" for
The Horse Whisperer. Sarlett has been named
Breakthrough Actress at the 2003 Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood
Awards and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Lost in Translation) at
the 2004 BAFTA Awards. She was also nominated for two Best Actress
Golden Globes for Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Scarlett's
main ambition is always to be the best actress she can be - Scarlett
doesn't really care about her celebrity status.
Scarlett received an "introducing" credit for The Horse
Whisperer (1998) although it was already her seventh film role.
Her father Karsten Johansson, a NY architect, was born in Denmark,
and her mother Melanie (of Polish descent), her manager,
now divorced, separated when she was 13.
Scarlet has an older half-brother (Christian), an older sister (Vannessa,
who is also an actress), and older brother (Adrian) and a twin brother
(Hunter) - she is three minutes older than twin brother Hunter, and
regards these three minutes as "the most important 3 minutes" in
her life.
She attended and graduated in 2002 from Professional Children's
School in Manhattan, New York City and was invited to join the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.
In 2003, Scarlett said she favors older men and couldn't
see herself dating anyone under 30.
On September 27, 2008, Johansson married actor Ryan Reynolds at a quiet ceremony outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
