Scarlett Johansson is an American actress who has appeared in films,
television series, video games and stage plays. Johansson made her
debut in the 1994 comedy-drama North. Her first lead role was as the
11-year-old sister of a pregnant teenager in Manny & Lo (1996), for
which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for
Best Female Lead. Johansson starred in Robert Redford's drama The
Horse Whisperer (1998), and appeared with Thora Birch and Steve
Buscemi in the black comedy Ghost World (2001). Two years later,
Johansson played a woman in her 20s stuck in a listless marriage who
befriends an aging American actor (Bill Murray) in Japan in the Sofia
Coppola-directed Lost in Translation, and also played a servant in
Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's household in Girl with a Pearl
Earring with Colin Firth. She was nominated at the 61st Golden Globe
Awards for both films, and received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress
in a Leading Role for the former.Two years later, Johansson starred in
Woody Allen's psychological thriller Match Point, for which she
garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting
Actress â€" Motion Picture. In 2006, she appeared in Christopher
Nolan's psychological thriller The Prestige, and played a journalism
student in Allen's Scoop. In the same year, Johansson made her first
appearance as host of the television variety show Saturday Night Live,
which she has since hosted a further five times as of 2019. Two years
later, Johansson starred in Allen's romantic comedy-drama Vicky
Cristina Barcelona with Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, and portrayed
Queen of England Anne Boleyn's sister Mary in the historical drama The
Other Boleyn Girl (2008) with Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. She
received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her
Broadway debut performance in the 2010 revival of Arthur Miller's A
View from the Bridge.She played Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe (MCU) superhero film Iron Man 2 (2010). Johansson reprised
the role in the Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers in 2012. The
following year, she starred in the Broadway revival of the Tennessee
Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Ciarán Hinds, and voiced an
artificially intelligent virtual assistant in Spike Jonze's Her with
Joaquin Phoenix. Johansson appeared as Black Widow in the MCU
superhero film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, its sequel Captain
America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War,
and Avengers: Endgameâ€"the lattermost became the highest grossing
film of all time. Johansson played a woman going through a divorce in
Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama Marriage Story with Adam Driver, and a
mother who hides a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany in Taika Waititi's
satirical black comedy Jojo Rabbit (both in 2019). She received a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the former and a
nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for the latter.
television series, video games and stage plays. Johansson made her
debut in the 1994 comedy-drama North. Her first lead role was as the
11-year-old sister of a pregnant teenager in Manny & Lo (1996), for
which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for
Best Female Lead. Johansson starred in Robert Redford's drama The
Horse Whisperer (1998), and appeared with Thora Birch and Steve
Buscemi in the black comedy Ghost World (2001). Two years later,
Johansson played a woman in her 20s stuck in a listless marriage who
befriends an aging American actor (Bill Murray) in Japan in the Sofia
Coppola-directed Lost in Translation, and also played a servant in
Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's household in Girl with a Pearl
Earring with Colin Firth. She was nominated at the 61st Golden Globe
Awards for both films, and received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress
in a Leading Role for the former.Two years later, Johansson starred in
Woody Allen's psychological thriller Match Point, for which she
garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting
Actress â€" Motion Picture. In 2006, she appeared in Christopher
Nolan's psychological thriller The Prestige, and played a journalism
student in Allen's Scoop. In the same year, Johansson made her first
appearance as host of the television variety show Saturday Night Live,
which she has since hosted a further five times as of 2019. Two years
later, Johansson starred in Allen's romantic comedy-drama Vicky
Cristina Barcelona with Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, and portrayed
Queen of England Anne Boleyn's sister Mary in the historical drama The
Other Boleyn Girl (2008) with Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. She
received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her
Broadway debut performance in the 2010 revival of Arthur Miller's A
View from the Bridge.She played Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe (MCU) superhero film Iron Man 2 (2010). Johansson reprised
the role in the Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers in 2012. The
following year, she starred in the Broadway revival of the Tennessee
Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Ciarán Hinds, and voiced an
artificially intelligent virtual assistant in Spike Jonze's Her with
Joaquin Phoenix. Johansson appeared as Black Widow in the MCU
superhero film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, its sequel Captain
America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War,
and Avengers: Endgameâ€"the lattermost became the highest grossing
film of all time. Johansson played a woman going through a divorce in
Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama Marriage Story with Adam Driver, and a
mother who hides a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany in Taika Waititi's
satirical black comedy Jojo Rabbit (both in 2019). She received a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the former and a
nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for the latter.
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