Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Profile

Name - Scarlett Johansson

Born - November 22, 1984, New York, USA

Height - 5' 4"

Nationality - American

Profession: actress

Education: Professional Children's School, New York City, New York (graduated in 2002)

Relationship: Josh Hartnett (actor; born on July 21, 1978; dated since shooting The Black Dahlia), Jared Leto (actor; born on December 26, 1971; dating since spring 2004), Benicio Del Toro (actor; born on February 19, 1967; dated in 2004)

Father: Karsten Johansson

Mother: Melanie Johansson (born in 1951)

Sister: Vanessa Johansson (older; actress)

Brother: Adrian (older), twin brother Hunter Johansson (born on November 22, 1984)

Claim to fame: as Grace MacLean in Robert Redford's Horse Whisperer (1998)

Scarlett Johansson Biography

Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring, the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003.

Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from a Jewish American family from the Bronx.

Johansson's parents met in Denmark, where her mother lived with Johansson's maternal grandmother, Dorothy, a former bookkeeper and schoolteacher. Johansson has an older sister, Vanessa, who is also an actress; an older brother, Adrian; a twin brother, Hunter, also an actor; and a half-brother, Christian, from her father's re-marriage.

Johansson grew up in a household with "little money" with a mother who was a "film buff". Johansson began her theater training by attending and graduating from Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2002.