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Scarlett Johansson Biography

Name : Scarlett Johansson

Birth Date : November 22, 1984

Birth Place : New York, New York, USA

Profession : Actress

Nationality : American

Claim to fame : as Grace MacLean in The Horse Whisperer (1998)

Scarlett Johansson Detailed Biography

Scarlett, born on the 22nd of November, 1984, in New York City, has an older brother and sister and a twin brother. She divides her time between New York with her father, a building contractor and Los Angeles with her mother, who looks out for her interests there. She's the only actor in the family, something she's wanted to be since she was three. Her acting career began when she was eight in the off-Broadway production of Sophistry with Ethan Hawke at New York's Playwrights Horizons.

She has been in seven movies, the first was North. For her role as Manny in Manny & Lo she was nominated as Best Actress by the Independent Spirit Awards (1997). She attained worldwide recognition for her performance as Grace MacLean, the teen traumatized in a riding accident in Robert Redford's hit feature The Horse Whisperer, a role for which she won a YoungStar award and was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award.

She has most recently been spotlighted for her performances in the acclaimed films Ghost World, An American Rhapsody and the Coen Brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There. Johansson's additional credits include Rob Reiner's comedy North, the role of Sean Connery's daughter in Just Cause, as well as notable appearances in If Lucy Fell and Home Alone 3. She is currently lensing Brian Robbins' The Perfect Score for Paramount Pictures.

Scarlett Johansson - Awards

British Academy Film Awards
Year : 2004
Category : Best Actress
For : Lost In Translation
Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Year : 2004
Category : New Generation Award
Won

Palm Springs International Film Festival
Year : 2004
Category : Rising Star Award
Won

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Year : 2003
Category : Best Actress
For : Lost In Translation
Won

Hollywood Film Festival
Year : 2003
Category : Breakthrough Acting - Female
Won

Venice Film Festival
Year : 2003
Category : Upstream Prize - Best Actress
For : Lost In Translation
Won

Young Artist Awards
Year : 2002
Category : Best Ensemble in a Feature Film
For : An American Rhapsody
Won

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Year : 2001
Category : Best Supporting Performance - Female
For : Ghost World
Won

YoungStar Awards
Year : 1998
Category : Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film
For : The Horse Whisperer
Won


Filmography

Scarlett Johansson, Tom Ford and Keira Knightley pose for February 2006 cover of Vanity Fair.Borgia (2007) - Lucrezia Borgia

The Prestige (2007)
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
Scoop (2006)
The Black Dahlia (2006)
The Island (2005)
Match Point (2005)
In Good Company (2004)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice)
A Good Woman (2004)
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
The Perfect Score (2004)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
An American Rhapsody (2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Ghost World (2000)
My Brother the Pig (1999)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Fall (1997)
Manny & Lo (1996)
If Lucy Fell (1996)
Just Cause (1995)
North (1994)


Scarlett Johansson the Sexiest Woman in the World
Wednesday 29th of March 2006

The "Match Point" star jumped eight places from her No. 9 spot last year in the magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" poll. The throaty, voluptuous 21-year-old beat out the likes of Teri Hatcher, Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson for the illustrious honour.

The 21-year-old star of “Lost in Translation” released a statement thanking the readers for the 'huge compliment' and said:"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy. I'd like to thank FHM's readers for the huge compliment," The magazine's Editor in chief said, "It's remarkable how Scarlett Johansson has caught the attention of our readers. Her sultry voice and striking beauty certainly have a lot to do with that, but so does the confidence she exudes. She seems to be one of those women who would be equally at ease on the red carpet as she would just hanging out with the guys."

Scarlett Johansson knocked former "Sexiest Woman in the World", Angelina Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), down into second spot. Jolie is currently pregnant, expecting a baby with fiancé Brad Pitt. Third on the list is Fantastic Four and Into the Blue star Jessica Alba. Fourth Place belongs to pop star and reality TV star Jessica Simpson. Fifth place was Kiera Knightley, who recently portrayed bounty hunter Domino Harvey in Domino. Sixth place belongs to Halle Berry, who played Jinx in the James Bond movie, Die Another Day. Seventh place is Jenny McCarthy, host of The Jenny McCarthy Show and 1994 Playmate of the Year.

Eighth place belongs to Maria Sharapova, the 18-year old Russian tennis phenom. Ninth place this year is Carmen Electra, who is married to former Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro. Rounding out the top ten is Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher. Scarlett Johansson, 21, is a native New Yorker and has BAFTA Award nominations and awards, Golden Globe nominations, but no Academy Award nominations. Johansson, who worked alongside Ewan McGregor in The Island and Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, is on tap to make between 3 and 6 movies in 2006.

True to its bodice-ripping roots, released its list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World," in which its readers crowned Scarlett Johansson as its No. 1 Sexy.The pouty actress topped the list of the 100 Sexiest Women In The World as voted by the readers of the magazine.