Scarlett Johansson Bio & Gallery Of Pics

Scarlett Johansson was born in Nyc on Nov 22, 1984. Johansson got under way acting as a youngster, and Johanssons part in the picture The Horse Whisperer gave her critical acclaim at age 13. Her resulting successes include Lost in Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Nanny Diaries, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the mega-hit The Avengers. Much more recently, Johansson was cast in 2012's Hitchcock, a biopic of well known horror director Alfred Hitchcock. Also a singer, Scarlett introduced her 1st album in 2008 with music performer Pete Yorn.

Born on Nov 22, 1984, in Ny, celebrity Scarlett Johansson comes from a very long line of creative artists. Scarletts Danish grandfather performed as a screenwriter and director, and her mother worked as a producer.

Johansson's interest with performing surfaced when young. At the age of 8, Johansson appeared in an off-Broadway project of Sophistry with Ethan Hawke. Johansson persevered to hunt parts, and proceeded to learn at Manhattan's Professional Children's School (PCS), a non-public educational organization well known for such famous performing alumni as Carrie Fisher, Rita Moreno and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Musical cinema was also one amongst Johansson's passions, which she pursued at PCS. "I was one of those jazz-hands kids," she told Vogue.

During Scarlett's school years, Scarlett landed a number of performing roles, including her picture introduction in 1994's North with Elijah Wood. Scarlett's 1st leading part came 24 months down the road with Manny & Lo, an independent remarkable show. Scarlett played the younger sister of a preggy teenager, each of whom were in foster care. Scarlett's twin brother, Hunter, additionally made an appearance in the cinema. Johansson procured even more essential attention with 1998's The Horse Whisperer, also starring Robert Redford and Kristin Scott Thomas. Johansson's rendering of a young amputee acquired over a large number fans, such as the picture's star and director, Redford. Redford noted on Johansson's remarkable maturation, proclaiming she was "13 going on 30."



Right after finishing PCS in 2002, Scarlett rapidly found herself one of Hollywood's top-rated up-and-coming actresses. She had two different starring roles in 2003, both of which garnered Johansson critical accolades. In Lost in Translation, she played a woman checking out Tokyo who forms an improbable relationship with a more more senior man (performed by Bill Murray). Johansson in addition generated an excellent performance being a servant girl who is painted by well known artiste Johannes Vermeer (played by Colin Firth) in Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Johansson took on a variety of projects right after these primary successes. Scarlett Johansson worked with director Brian De Palma on the 2006 crime thriller The Black Dahlia, and employed her hand at comedy with 2007's The Nanny Diaries. A regular collaborator with director Woody Allen, Scarlett has appeared in more than a few of Allen's cinema, including 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Johansson played an American girl on a break in Spain with a acquaintance.



Just about this time period, Scarlett extended into absolutely new territory once she joined forces with Pete Yorn for an album of duets, which were taped in 2007. The pair at some point launched their collaborative labors in 2009 with the album Break Up, and Johansson penned a variety of songs for the recording. "I've been singing for my whole life. When I was a kid I wanted to be on Broadway," she informed New York magazine. In 2008, Scarlett introduced her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, which mentioned cover variants of music by Tom Waits. The production proved to be a key and commercial disappointment.

Scarlett promptly took on a unique career task. In 2009, she made her Broadway debut in a renewal of Arthur Miller's drama A View from the Bridge opposite Liev Schrieber. Johansson earned good reviews for her realistic performance as Catherine, a youthful girl who's brought up by her aunt and uncle. For her work on the show, Scarlett collected a Tony Award.



Looking to lighter fare, Scarlett performed the villainess Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and Mickey Rourke. The adventure spin grew to be one of the summer's big blockbusters.

While Johanssons personal life was acquiring headlines, Scarlett starred in a wide range of films. She succeeded filming Cameron Crowe's dramatic comedy We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon, in 2011. Reprising her character as the Black Widow from Iron Man 2, Johansson appeared in the box office smash The Avengers (2012). The cinema featured a great many superheroes and villains from Marvel Comics, such as Downey as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Chris Evans as Captain America. Later that year, Johansson took on the character of real-life movie star Janet Leigh in Hitchcock. The picture looks into the life of director Alfred Hitchcock throughout the making of the horror classic Psycho.



Johansson married Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds in September 2008, in a tiny ceremony in British Columbia, Canada. The two decided on a house jointly in Los Angeles, but filed for divorce two years later in December 2010.

Just after her break up from Reynolds, Johansson was romantically linked to acting professional Sean Penn for a time. The pair traveled to Mexico together and attended movie star Reese Witherspoon's marriage event in March 2011.

In September 2011, Johansson found herself at the hub of a scandal when nude pics taken on her cellular phone were advertised over the internet by hackers. The FBI began enquiry to locate the women and men behind the leak, which has targeted Johansson coupled with many other young stars.