Scarlett Johansson

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She made her name in independent films before Lost In Translation propelled her onto Hollywood's A-list. The Island dented her stellar reputation but this starlet is sure to fight back.

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Scarlett Johansson
born: 22-11-1984
birth place: New York, USA

Scarlett has a twin brother, Hunter, born to father Karsten, a New York architect, and mother, Melanie (now Scarlett’s manager). They have an older half-brother, Christian, an older sister, Vanessa, and an older brother, Adrian.

Their father was born in Denmark and their mother is from Polish stock, who emigrated to the Bronx. Karsten and Melanie separated when the twins were 13-years old, and are now divorced.

Johansson’s parents were very open about allowing her to pursue her interests. She apparently told her mother at the tender age of three, “I have a fire in my brain to act”. Her early desire to be in musicals, led to her attending tap dance classes and she auditioned for a few advertisements. She enjoyed a normal family life and attended regular school in New York.

She was only seven-years-old when she became seriously aspiring and her acting career was launched in the off-Broadway production on “Sophistry” (1992), with Ethan Hawke.

At age 8, Johansson had an uncredited role in a skit on television show "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993), during its first year on air.

Her film debut came at age 9, when she played the role of Laura Nelson in comedy drama “North” (1994), about an attention-deprived boy, North, who files a lawsuit against his parents and sets off around the world to find replacements who really care about him.

Following that, Johansson appeared as Kate Armstrong in “Just Cause” (1995), Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong’s (Sean Connery) daughter. Also in the cast were Lawrence Fishburne and Blair Underwood.

In the comedy, “If Lucy Fell” (1996), she had the role of Emily, co-starring with the likes of Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker and Elle Macpherson. By age 11, Johansson had been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role as Amanda, in the drama about two runaway sisters, “Manny & Lo” (1996).

Her next two films would only bring her small roles, with her two-word contribution in “Fall” (1997), and the unremarkable part of middle child, Molly, in “HomeAlone 3” (1998).

Her next big role saw Johansson playing 14-year-old Grace MacLean in “The Horse Whisperer” (1998), based on the hugely successful novel by Nicholas Evans. Robert Redford both directed and starred in the film, as Tom Booker, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Sam Neill. Johansson received a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award for this role.

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