Scarlett Johansson Bio
Scarlett Johansson is a 34 years old American actress, singer and model active in this field since 1994.
She is well known for performing in films like Lost in Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Match Point and also for starring as Black Widow in Marvel Comics series based films.
She recently appeared in Avengers: Infinity War in 2018 and is working for the untitled Avengers movie in the list of releases soon.
Early Life
Scarlett was born on 22nd November 1984 in New York City, New York, the U.S to Karsten Johansson and Melanie Sloan. She was raised in a family associated with the film industry.
Scarlett spent out most of her childhood days in her hometown sharing memories with her four siblings; Vanessa, Adrian, twin brother Hunter and Christian. Christian is her half-brother from her father’s side.
For studies, she attended PS 41 elementary school later joining Professional Children’s School in 2002 for graduation.
Her acting career started at an early age when she went for auditions with her mother landing into her first role in films at age 9.
Before that, she even appeared for stage performance in off-Broadway play Sophistry at age 8.
Career
She started her career in the world of entertainment at age 8 starring in off-Broadway production, Sophistry, with Ethan Hawke. Her film debut was made at age 9 in North (1994) as the daughter of John Ritter.
She further starred in Just Cause (1995), If Lucy Fell (1996) and Manny & Lo (1996) receiving her first nomination in Independent Spirit Awards for the latter.
But her work in Robert Redford’s directed film; The Horse Whisperer (1998) brought her major fame in which she played the role of Grace MacLean, an injured teenager who went through tragic accident along with her horse.
A big change came in her career when she made a move towards adult roles making one such first appearance in the film, Lost in Translation (2003) as Charlotte for which she got nominated in Golden Globe Award of 2004.
Her work also received praise and nomination in various awards for the movies; Ghost World (2001), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), The Perfect Score (2004), Match Point (2005), The Prestige (2006), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Under the Skin (2013), Her (2013), Lucy (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
All above mentioned contributed to her fame and success (especially the Marvel Comic series based films in which she starred as Black Widow) but aside of it she also went for singing career-making release of her two studio albums;
• Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008)
• Break Up with Pete Yorn (2009)
Other than this, she gave her vocals for many soundtracks in various movies like He’s Just Not That Into You (2009), Days of Grace (2012), Chasing Ice (2012) with most recent one The Jungle Book (2016).
Scarlett is also associated with high-profile brands like L’Oreal, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, and Louis Vuitton plus is an active volunteer of charity joined with Oxfam.
She as the highest-grossing actress of all time in North America is currently busy with her upcoming projects of Untitled Avengers film.
Personal Life
She was previously in a relationship with Jack Antonoff (school sweetheart) and Josh Hartnett (American actor) till 2006.
In 2007, she met Ryan Reynolds and both got married in 2008 but the couple soon got separated in 2010.
She further moved up in her life dating Seam Penn and Nate Naylor till 2012. In 2014, news came out of her second marriage with Frenchman Romain Dauriac together blessed with a baby girl, Rose Dorothy Dauriac but both got separated filing a divorce in 2017. She is now dating Colin Jost, so-head writer of “Saturday Night Live”.
Net Worth
It is estimated to be around $100 million.
References Taken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/scarlett_johansson
https://www.biography.com/actor/scarlett-johansson