Scarlett Marie Johansson is a American Actrice born the November 22nd 1984 with New York. She became famous thanks to her role in the Man who murmured with the ear of the horses (1998) then connected critical successes with Ghost World , Lost in Translation and the Young girl with the pearl , these two last having been worth to him two nominations with the Golden Globes in 2003.

Family and studies

Scarlett Johansson was born with New York. His/her father, Karsten Johansson, are an architect born with the Denmark and his/her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, were scenario writer and realizer. His/her mother, Melanie Sloan, are a producing exit of a family judéo - Polish of the Bronx. The parents of Scarlett met in Denmark whereas his/her mother still lived in the maternal grandmother of Scarlett, Dorothy, which was librarian and teaching. She has an older sister, Vanessa, also actress, an older brother, Adrian, a twin brother, Hunter, also actor, and a half-brother, Christian, born from the second marriage of her father.

Johansson grows in this family with little money . She is graduate in theater of the Professional Children' S School of Manhattan in 2002.

She begins with the Théâtre at the eight years age at the sides from Ethan Hawke in Sophistry .

Cinematographic career

The career of Scarlett starts towards the 12 years age when his/her mother takes it along to hearings.

One off invites it to the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2004.

In 2004, she plays sides of Topher Grace in In good company and vis-a-vis John Travolta in Love Song ; this role was worth a third nomination with the Golden Globes to him. This same year, she is contacted for a role in Mission: Impossible 3 but cannot play there for problems of timetable; a personal conflict with Tom Cruise was also reported to the newspapers, but publicly contradicted. She is replaced by Keri Russell.

In July 2005 it holds its principal feminine role in an action film in The Island at the sides of Ewan McGregor. It makes then a film of Woody Allen, Match Point . Its role was worth a fourth nomination with the Golden Globes to him, but the price was decreed with Rachel Weisz.

Then comes Scoop , another film of Allen, left in July 2006. The same year, it appears in the black Dahlia of Brian de Palma, turned with Los Angeles and in Bulgaria. Johansson notes that she admires the work of Palma and wanted to work in this film in spite of the fact that she thought of being physically not indicated for the role. Criticisms are shared, certain finding its work good and certain not. She also plays sides of Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in Prestige .

January 14th, 2006 it animates Saturday Night Live . She turns over to animate it on April 21st, 2007; she sings there a duet with Andy Samberg (a remake of Something to Talk Butt ).

She plays in The Nanny Diaries at the sides of Alicia Keys; the film left on August 24th 2007.

The film The Other Boleyn Girl is in post-production and will leave in February 2008; one sees it there at the sides of Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. In August 2007 she filmed with Barcelona its third film with Woody Allen, a project not yet named with the temporary title of Untitled Spanish Project .

Johansson signed for three projects to come. She will be the Femme fatale in the film adaptation of the comic The Spirit , left in October 2007. She will incarnate Marie I {{Re}} of Scotland in a film whose production will begin in March 2008. She will play a teacher of Pilates in the film adaptation of the book He' S Just Not That Into You , at the sides of Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Ginnifer Goodwin and Long Justin. The realizer is Ken Kwapis and producing Barrymore.

Musical career

In 2005 Johansson was considered for the role of Maria in the adaptation to the theater of the Melody of happiness of Andrew Lloyd Webber, but the role was finally given to Connie Fisher after this one gained a contest of young talents of BBC, Does How Do You Solve have Problem Like Maria?

May 6th, 2006 left Unexpected Dreams - Songs from the Stars , an album with nonlucrative goal collecting several songs sung by famous actors; Johansson will contribute to it the song Summertime . She will sing in April 2007 with the group The Jesus and Mary Chain in California.

She also plays in 2006 in a Short-measuring of Bennett Miller with like basic music the song When the Deal Goes Down of Bob Dylan, to promote the last album of this one, Modern Times .

She records during summer 2007 of the resumptions of Tom Waits in Maurice in Louisiana. The album, called Scarlett Sings Tom Waits , consists entirely of resumptions of the music of Waits, and Celebration. The album left on October 7th, 2007.

It is the main character of the video clip of the song What Goes Around…/… Comes Around Interlude of Justin Timberlake, nominated in August 2007 at the price of better video clip to the MTV Video Music Awards.

Publicities

Johansson turns of publicities for the Parfum Eternity Moment of Calvin Klein and appears in posters and pubs in the magazines for this perfume. One of publicities is shown in its film The Island . It becomes symbol and spokesperson of Louis Vuitton at the beginning of 2005 and appeared in three of its publicity campaigns (spring 2005 and spring and autumn 2007). In January 2006 it becomes spokesperson of L'Oreal.

In July 2006 Reebok sign an agreement with it to create tennis shoes Scarlett “Hearts” Rbk , left in spring 2007; one will also see it in publicities for these products.

In the media

With the beginning of the year 2006, it makes the American cover of Vanity Fair at the sides of Keira Knightley.

In March of the same year she is elected the sexiest woman of the world by the American readers of FHM (she is third in the classification of the British edition). In May 2006 it is classified in 6th place in the classification Hot 100 of Maxim ; in November Esquire declares it the sexiest woman . She is 3rd in the Hot 100 2007 of Maxim .

Political opinions and other declarations

Scarlett Johansson forever hidden his political opinions Progressist S and his adhesion with the left American. It is also member of the democratic party and militated for the election of John Kerry at the time of the presidential election of 2004. It also took part in the countryside anti-poverty carried out by the singer Bono. One lends to him many former boyfriends in the cinema world and of the media such as Jack Antonoff (which refers to Johansson in his song Better Love ), Derek Jeter, Benicio Del Toro, Jared Leto and in particular Josh Hartnett, with which it left two years (Hartnett will say that they separated because of their careers very charged). It currently leaves with the Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds.

She stated not to believe in the Monogamie and said not to be particularly monogamist following the example animals. She says that as opposed to what one can think… is not loose-living woman and that it really try to make go in manner monogamist its couples. She thus states to make a test HIV twice a year

Johansson says much to like the Fromage, saying that sound greater defect is the cheese. Anything else does not reign on my life. . She criticizes the media and Hollywood to promote an image which causes modes bad for health and of the Troubles of the food behavior. She declares that to be ultra-thin is not at all sexy. The women should not be forced to conform to unhealthy and nonrealistic images of the human body which the media diffuse .

Concerning its religious beliefs, she prefers not in speaking, but she indicates however to mix a little the Christianisme and the Judaïsme during the festivals of Christmas and Hanukkah. She said not to appreciate the gesture when the celebrities thank God or Jesus in their speeches for thanks. She described herself as a Juive while speaking about Woody Allen; I adore Woody. We have much in common. We are all the two New Yorkeans and Jews. We have a very relaxed relation. .

Catalog of films

Rewards

  • YoungStar Awards 1998 : Better young person actress in a drama for the Man who murmured with the ear of the horses

  • Toronto Film Critics Association Award 2001 of the female best supporting role for Ghost World
  • Chlotrudis Awards 2002: Female best supporting role for Ghost World
  • Young Artist Awards 2002: Better young person overall performance for American Rhapsody with the remainder of casting
  • Young Artist Awards 2002: Better young person actress for American Rhapsody
  • Festival of Film of Venice 2003: Upstream Prize of the best actress for Lost in Translation
  • Boston Society off Film Critics Awards 2003: Better actress for Lost in Translation
  • Hollywood Film Festival 2003: Better Female Revelation of the Year
  • BAFTA Awards 2004: Better actress for Lost in Translation
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2004: Better news performance for Lost in Translation
  • International festival of Film of Palm Springs 2004: Price of best the star promising for Lost in Translation
  • Sant Jordi Awards 2005: Better foreign actress for Lost in Translation

  • It was named four times at the Golden Globes; in 2006 in female the best supporting role category for Match Point , in 2005 better actress drama for Coils Song For Bobby Long and in 2004 has when it double is appointed better actress comedy for Lost in Translation and better actress drama for the Young girl with the pearl .

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