Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North (1994). Johansson subsequently starred in Manny & Lo in 1996, and garnered further acclaim and prominence with roles in The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Ghost World (2001). She shifted to adult roles with her performances in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003), for which she won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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11 Curiosities About The Actress Scarlett Johansson
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1. Johansson landed her first television appearance at the age of 8 when she appeared in a skit on Late Night With Conan O'Brian in 1993.
2. She seduced unwitting Swedish non-actors as her disguised self in the upcoming sci-fi film Under the Skin.
3. She had a crush on David Hasselhoff when she was younger.
4. Being an Oxfam ambassador, she was criticized for promoting SodaStream, a company headquartered in Israel, which put the issue of SodaStream back in spotlight. But she has no regrets over her decision to advertise for them.
5. A French band “The Teenagers” wrote a song about Johansson called “Starlett Johansson”, and in 2007, she featured in Justin Timberlake’s music video for “What Goes Around Comes Back Around”. It proved to be the Video of the Year at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
6. Even though she's an internationally recognized sex-symbol, Scarlett chose to celebrate her 20th birthday at Disneyland.
7. Scarlett is half Polish and half Danish. Her father, Karsten Johansson, was born in Denmark. Her mother, Melanie Johansson, comes from a Bronx-bred family of Polish descent.
8. Her media nickname is ScarJo and she hates it! She said in an interview that she finds the name "awful."
9. After starring with Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" she vowed that she would never date anyone who was under 30. As if to prove it, she got into a relationship with Benicio Del Toro who was 17 years her senior.
10. She appeared nude alongside Keira Knightley and Tom Ford on the February 2006 cover of Vanity Fair cover. The cover drew controversy for their heavily Photoshopped bodies. A fun fact though, Johansson and Knightley's nude bottoms were stenciled on 100 cookies nibbled by guests at the magazine's annual Oscar Party.
11. She was voted FHM's "Sexiest Woman Alive" in 2006 and "Sexiest Celebrity of the Year" by Playboy in 2007.
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Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North (1994). Johansson subsequently starred in Manny & Lo in 1996, and garnered further acclaim and prominence with roles in The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Ghost World (2001). She shifted to adult roles with her performances in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003), for which she won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Info
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