
Birthday:22-11-1984
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
Sex:Female
Biography
Scarlett Johansson, the drop-dead-gorgeous actress with a heavenly glow on her face descended onto earth on November 2, 1984. She belongs to a family of well-recognized artists. Her father, Karsten Johansson is known for laying out plans for constructing novelty-rich buildings, whereas her mother, Melanie Sloan is an expert producer. She was not born with a silver spoon; her early childhood experienced financial difficulties. Johansson began to polish the amateur actress in her by digging deep into the fine aspects of theatrical productions at the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan.
Johansson forayed into the career she loved like anything with a role on North. Her talent spoke loud and led her name into the list of proud nominees at various, prestigious award ceremonies. The actress’ fame skyrocketed with her crowd-pulling performance in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003). This time, she easily managed to catch the fancy of the critics and bagged a BAFTA award for Best actress in a Leading Role. The movie, Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) added to her fame and won her a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards.
Her acting career boasts of many movies, which proved to be emperors at the box office. A few of these are Lost in Translation, The Perfect Score, In Good Company, The Island and Iron Man 2.
She has a made it a point to keep her personal life beyond the media limelight, as she loves to have a space of her own, where she immerses herself in the company of her loved ones, without facing the piercing gaze of the paparazzi.