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Scarlett Johansson

Highest Rated:   96% Chasing Ice (2012)
Lowest Rated:   0% Fall (1997)
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Birthplace:   New York City, NY
Universally known as one of the sexiest women in Hollywood, Scarlett Johansson has actually been acting professionally since the age of eight. A native of New York City, where she was born on November 22, 1984, Johansson was raised -- along with her twin brother -- as the youngest of four children, and she developed an interest in acting at the age of three. After enrolling in classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute for Young People, she made her stage debut opposite Ethan Hawke in the off-Broadway production of Sophistry. Her film debut followed in 1994, when she had a supporting role in North, and she subsequently appeared in the little-seen Just Cause (1995) and If Lucy Fell (1996). Johansson had her first significant screen breakthrough with her role as one of two orphaned teenaged sisters in Manny & Lo (1996), a coming-of-age drama directed by Lisa Krueger. Johansson, who shared the screen with Aleksa Palladino and Mary Kay Place, earned an Independent Spirit Award Best Actress nomination for her work in the film, and she soon found herself being tapped by Robert Redford to star as Kristin Scott Thomas' daughter in The Horse Whisperer (1998). Although the film met with a very mixed reception, Johansson was widely praised for her portrayal of a girl who loses her leg and her best friend in a horrific accident.In 2000, the actress signed on to play one of the heroines (alongside Thora Birch) of Terry Zwigoff's screen adaptation of Ghost World, Daniel Clowes' celebrated comic about the adventures of two teen girls grappling with post-high school life. That same year, she starred in American Rhapsody, in which she portrayed a young girl who escapes communist Hungary in the 1950s and travels to the U.S.Though she would take a brief detour into camp with the 2002 giant spider fiasco Eight Legged Freaks, the respect Johansson had gained in the film industry as a result of her previous dramatic roles found the young actress in high demand among indie directors while quickly catching the eye of the Hollywood elite. With Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, Johansson's touching performance as a young girl who strikes a tentative friendship with a washed-up American actor (memorably portrayed by Bill Murray) left no doubts regarding her dramatic skills, and although a Best Actress Oscar nomination eluded her, she received a boatload of nods from critics' groups and the Golden Globes. The rising starlet was soon cast in the lead of such subsequent films as The Girl with the Pearl Earring (2003) and The Perfect Score (2003).After sticking to form in 2004 with roles in In Good Company and A Love Song for Bobby Long, Johansson took her first stab at a lead role in a big budget Hollywood flick, starring opposite Ewan MacGregor in Michael Bay's futuristic actioner The Island. While the picture was panned by critics and avoided by audiences, it did nothing to slow the young star down. She closed out the year by receiving virtually unanimous praise for her performance in Woody Allen's Match Point.She immediately reteamed with Allen, who was full of praise for the young actress after their first collaboration, for the supernatural comedy/murder mystery Scoop in 2006. Johansson would spend the next several years enjoying her status as an A-list actress, appearing in a wide range of projects, like The Nanny Diaries and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. In 2012, she joined The Avengers as Natasha Romanoff, playing the character in several more films in the series.

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Filmography

MOVIES

RATING TITLE CREDIT BOX OFFICE YEAR
No Score Yet Isle of Dogs
  • Actor
2018
45% Rough Night
  • Jess
$22.1M 2017
44% Ghost in the Shell
  • Major
$40.6M 2017
73% Sing
  • Ash
$270.4M 2016
90% Captain America: Civil War
  • Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
$408.1M 2016
95% The Jungle Book
  • Kaa
$364M 2016
85% Hail, Caesar!
  • DeeAnna Moran
$28M 2016
75% Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
$429.2M 2015
67% Lucy
  • Lucy
$108.6M 2014
86% Chef
  • Molly
$23.7M 2014
89% Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
$228.7M 2014
85% Under the Skin
  • Laura
$2.4M 2014
94% Her
  • Samantha
$18M 2013
81% Don Jon
  • Barbara Sugarman
2013
62% Hitchcock
  • Janet Leigh
$6.1M 2012
96% Chasing Ice
  • Actor
$1.4M 2012
92% Marvel's The Avengers
  • Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
$623.3M 2012
66% We Bought a Zoo
  • Kelly Foster
$72.8M 2011
81% The Whale
  • Executive Producer
$81.7k 2011
95% Woody Allen: A Documentary
  • Actor
2011
72% Iron Man 2
  • Natalie Rushman/Black Widow
$312.1M 2010
No Score Yet Amazon (2007)
  • Actor
2010
40% He's Just Not That Into You
  • Anna
$93.8M 2009
14% The Spirit
  • Silken Floss
$19.8M 2008
82% Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Cristina
$23.2M 2008
43% The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Mary Boleyn
$26.9M 2008
34% The Nanny Diaries
  • Annie Braddock
$25.9M 2007
No Score Yet Amazon
  • Actor
2007
76% The Prestige
  • Olivia Wenscombe
$53.1M 2006
32% The Black Dahlia
  • Kay Lake
$22.6M 2006
40% Scoop
  • Sondra Pransky
$10.5M 2006
37% A Good Woman
  • Meg Windermere
$97.6k 2006
77% Match Point
  • Nola Rice
$23.1M 2005
40% The Island
  • Jordan Two Delta/Sarah Jordan
$35.9M 2005
43% A Love Song for Bobby Long
  • Pursy Will
$0.2M 2004
83% In Good Company
  • Alex Foreman
$45.5M 2004
69% The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
  • Mindy
$85.4M 2004
17% The Perfect Score
  • Francesca
$10.3M 2004
72% Girl With a Pearl Earring
  • Griet
$11.6M 2004
95% Lost In Translation
  • Charlotte
$44.6M 2003
No Score Yet Borgia
  • Actor
2003
48% Eight Legged Freaks
  • Ashley Parker
$17.3M 2002
81% The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Birdy Abundas
$7.5M 2001
55% An American Rhapsody
  • Suzanne
2001
92% Ghost World
  • Rebecca
$4.7M 2001
No Score Yet My Brother the Pig
  • Kathy Cauldwell
1999
74% The Horse Whisperer
  • Grace MacLean
1998
27% Home Alone 3
  • Molly
1997
0% Fall
  • Little Girl
1997
62% Manny & Lo
  • Manny
1996
18% If Lucy Fell
  • Emily
1996
25% Just Cause
  • Kate
1995
15% North
  • Laura Nelson
1994

TV

RATING TITLE CREDIT YEAR
No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio
1994
  • Guest
  • 2017
No Score Yet Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
  • Guest
  • 2017
No Score Yet The Chew
2011
  • Guest
  • 2017
91% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
  • Guest
  • Actor
  • 2017
  • 2015
No Score Yet The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
  • Guest
  • 2017
  • 2015
No Score Yet Saturday Night Live
1975
  • Performer
  • Host
  • 2017
  • 2015
  • 2010
  • 2007
  • 2006
No Score Yet Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
  • Guest
  • 2015
  • 2012
  • 2011
No Score Yet Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
  • Guest
  • 2015
  • 2012
  • 2011
No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
  • Guest
  • 2013
  • 2010
  • 2009
No Score Yet The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
  • Guest
  • 2012
  • 2010
  • 2005
No Score Yet Robot Chicken
2005-2016
  • Voice
  • 2006
  • 2005
67% Entourage
2004-2011
  • Guest
  • Herself
  • 2004

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