Theworld's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, Johansson has been featured multiple times on theForbes Celebrity 100 list.Time named her one of the100 most influential people in the world in 2021 and 2025. Labeled asex symbol, Johansson has been referred to as one of the world's most attractive women by various media outlets. She is a prominent brand endorser and supports several charitable causes. Divorced from actorRyan Reynolds and businessman Romain Dauriac, Johansson has been married to comedianColin Jost since 2020. She has two children, one with Dauriac and another with Jost.
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984, in theManhattan borough of New York City.[2][3][4] Johansson's father, Karsten Olaf Johansson, is an architect originally fromCopenhagen, Denmark. Through him, she is a granddaughter ofEjner Johansson, an art historian, screenwriter and film director, whose own father was Swedish.[5][4] Her mother, New Yorker Melanie Sloan, has worked as a producer. She comes from a Jewish family who fledPoland andRussia, originally surnamed Schlamberg; Johansson has referred to herself as Jewish.[4][6] She has an older sister named Vanessa, who is also an actress, an older brother named Adrian, and a twin brother named Hunter.[7] Johansson also has an older half-brother named Christian from her father's first marriage. She holds dual American and Danish citizenship.[8][9] On a 2017 episode ofPBS'sFinding Your Roots, she discovered that her maternal great-grandfather's brother and extended family died in theWarsaw Ghetto duringthe Holocaust.[10]
Johansson attendedPS 41, an elementary school inGreenwich Village, Manhattan.[11] Her parents divorced when she was thirteen.[12] She was particularly close to her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Sloan, a bookkeeper and schoolteacher. They often spent time together and Johansson considered Dorothy her best friend.[13] Interested in a career in the spotlight from an early age, Johansson often put on song-and-dance routines for her family. She was particularly fond of musical theater andjazz hands.[14][15] Johansson took lessons intap dance, and states that her parents were supportive of her career choice. She has described her childhood as very ordinary.[16]
As a child, Johansson practiced acting by staring in the mirror until she made herself cry, wanting to be likeJudy Garland inMeet Me in St. Louis. At age seven, she was devastated when a talent agent signed one of her brothers instead of her, but later decided to become an actress anyway. After enrolling at theLee Strasberg Theatre Institute and auditioning for commercials, Johansson soon lost interest, stating "I didn't want to promote Wonder Bread."[17] She shifted her focus to film and theater,[18] making her first stage appearance with two lines in theoff-Broadway playSophistry withEthan Hawke.[19][18] Around this time, Johansson began studying at theProfessional Children's School, a private educational institution for aspiring child actors in Manhattan.[14]
Acting career
1994–2002: Early work and breakthrough
At age nine, Johansson landed her first paid role as a sketch character on an episode ofLate Night with Conan O'Brien.[20] Later that year, she made her film debut asJohn Ritter's daughter in the fantasy comedyNorth (1994).[18] She says that when she was on the film set, she knew intuitively what to do.[17] She later played minor roles such as the daughter ofSean Connery's andKate Capshaw's characters in the mystery thrillerJust Cause (1995), and an art student inIf Lucy Fell (1996).[21] Johansson's first leading role was as Amanda, the younger sister of a pregnant teenager who runs away from herfoster home inManny & Lo (1996) alongsideAleksa Palladino and her brother, Hunter. Her performance received positive reviews: one written for theSan Francisco Chronicle noted, "[the film] grows on you, largely because of the charm of ... Scarlett Johansson,"[22] while criticMick LaSalle, writing for the same paper, commented on her "peaceful aura", and believed, "If she can get through puberty with that aura undisturbed, she could become an important actress."[23] Johansson earned a nomination for theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female for the role.[24]
After appearing in minor roles inFall andHome Alone 3 (both in 1997), Johansson attracted wider attention for her performance in the filmThe Horse Whisperer (1998), co-starring directorRobert Redford.[18][25] Based on the 1995novel of the same name byNicholas Evans, the drama tells the story of a talented horse trainer, who is hired to help an injured teenager (Johansson) and her horse back to health. Johansson received an "introducing" credit on this film; it was her seventh role. On Johansson's maturity, Redford described her as "13 going on 30".[26]Todd McCarthy ofVariety commented that Johansson "convincingly conveys the awkwardness of her age and the inner pain of a carefree girl suddenly laid low by horrible happenstance".[27] For the film, she was nominated for theChicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress.[28] She believed that the film changed many things in her life, realizing that acting is the ability to manipulate one's emotions.[29] On finding good roles as a teenager, Johansson said it was hard for her as adults wrote the scripts and they "portray kids like mall rats and not seriously ... Kids and teenagers just aren't being portrayed with any real depth."[30]
Johansson transitioned from teen to adult roles with two films in 2003: the romantic comedy-dramaLost in Translation and the dramaGirl with a Pearl Earring.[38] In the former, directed bySofia Coppola, she plays Charlotte, a listless and lonely young wife, oppositeBill Murray. Coppola had first noticed Johansson inManny & Lo, and compared her to a youngLauren Bacall; Coppola based the film's story on the relationship between Bacall andHumphrey Bogart inThe Big Sleep (1946).[39] Johansson found the experience of working with a female director different because of Coppola's ability to empathize with her.[40] Made on a budget of $4million, the film grossed $119million at the box office and received critical acclaim.[41][42]Roger Ebert was pleased with the film and described the lead actors' performances as "wonderful",[43] andEntertainment Weekly wrote of Johansson's "embracing, restful serenity".[44]The New York Times praised Johansson, aged 17 at the time of filming, for playing an older character.[45]
InPeter Webber'sGirl with a Pearl Earring, which is based onthe novel of the same name byTracy Chevalier, Johansson played Griet, a young 17th-century servant in the household of the Dutch painterJohannes Vermeer (played byColin Firth). Webber interviewed 150 actors before casting Johansson.[46] Johansson found the character moving, but did not read the novel, as she thought it was better to approach the story with a fresh start.[47]Girl with a Pearl Earring received positive reviews and was profitable.[48] In his review forThe New Yorker,Anthony Lane thought that her presence kept the film "alive", writing, "She is often wordless and close to plain onscreen, but wait for the ardor with which she can summon a closeup and bloom under its gaze; this is her film, not Vermeer's, all the way."[49]Owen Gleiberman ofEntertainment Weekly noted her "nearly silent performance", remarking, "The interplay on her face of fear, ignorance, curiosity and sex is intensely dramatic."[50] She was nominated for theBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress[a] for both films in 2003, winning the former forLost in Translation.[52]
InVariety's opinion, Johansson's roles inLost in Translation andGirl with a Pearl Earring established her as among the most versatile actresses of her generation.[25] Johansson had five releases in 2004, three of which—the teen heist filmThe Perfect Score, the dramaA Love Song for Bobby Long, and the dramaA Good Woman—were critical and commercial failures.[53] Co-starring withJohn Travolta, Johansson played a discontented teenager inA Love Song for Bobby Long, which is based on the novelOff Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps. David Rooney ofVariety wrote that Johansson's and Travolta's performances rescued the film.[54] Johansson earned aGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama nomination for the film.[51]
In her fourth release in 2004, thelive-action animated comedyThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Johansson voiced Princess Mindy, the daughter ofKing Neptune. She agreed to the project because of her love of cartoons, particularlyThe Ren & Stimpy Show.[55] The film was her most commercially successful release that year.[53] She would then reprise her role as Mindy in thevideo game adaptation of the film.[56] She followed it withIn Good Company, a comedy-drama in which she plays a young woman who complicates her father's life when she dates his much younger boss. Reviews of the film were generally positive, describing it as "witty and charming".[57] Ebert was impressed with Johansson's portrayal, writing that she "continues to employ the gravitational pull of quiet fascination".[58]
Johansson played Nola, an aspiring actress who begins an affair with a married man (played byJonathan Rhys Meyers) inWoody Allen's dramaMatch Point in 2005. After replacingKate Winslet with Johansson for the role, Allen changed the character's nationality from British to American.[59] An admirer of Allen's films, Johansson liked the idea of working with him, but felt nervous her first day on the set.[60]The New York Times was impressed with the performances of Johansson and Rhys Meyers,[61] and LaSalle, writing for theSan Francisco Chronicle, stated that Johansson "is a powerhouse from the word go", with a performance that "borders on astonishing".[62] The film, a box office success,[63] earned Johansson nominations for theGolden Globe and theChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress.[51][64] Also that year, Johansson starred withEwan McGregor inMichael Bay's science fiction filmThe Island, in dual roles as Sarah Jordan and her clone, Jordan Two Delta. Johansson found her filming schedule exhausting: she had to shoot for 14 hours a day, and she hit her head and injured herself.[65] The film received mixed reviews and grossed $163million against a $126million budget.[66]
Two of Johansson's films in 2006 explored the world of stage magicians, both oppositeHugh Jackman. Allen cast her opposite Jackman and himself in the filmScoop (2006), in which she played a journalism student. The film was a modest worldwide box office success, but polarized critics.[67][68] Ebert was critical of the film, but found Johansson "lovely as always",[69] and LaSalle noted the freshness she brought to her part.[70] She also appeared inBrian De Palma'sThe Black Dahlia, afilm noir shot in Los Angeles and Bulgaria. Johansson later said she was a fan of DePalma and had wanted to work with him on the film but thought that she was unsuitable for the part.[71]Anne Billson ofThe Daily Telegraph likewise found her miscast.[72] However,CNN said that she "takes to the pulpy period atmosphere as if it were oxygen".[73]
Also in 2006, Johansson starred in the short filmWhen the Deal Goes Down to accompanyBob Dylan's song "When the Deal Goes Down..." from the albumModern Times.[74] Johansson had a supporting role of assistant and lover of Jackman's character, anaristocratic magician, inChristopher Nolan's mystery thrillerThe Prestige (2006). Nolan thought Johansson possessed "ambiguity" and "a shielded quality".[75][76] She was fascinated with Nolan's directing methods and liked working with him.[77] The film was a critical and box office success,[78] recommended by theLos Angeles Times as "an adult, provocative piece of work".[79] Some critics were skeptical of her performance: Billson again judged her miscast, and Dan Jolin ofEmpire criticized her English accent.[72][80]
Johansson's sole release of 2007 was the critically panned comedy-dramaThe Nanny Diaries alongsideChris Evans andLaura Linney, in which she played a college graduate working as a nanny. Reviews of her performance were mixed;Variety wrote, "[She] essays an engaging heroine",[81] andThe New Yorker criticized her for looking "merely confused" while "trying to give the material a plausible emotional center".[82] In 2008, Johansson starred, withNatalie Portman andEric Bana, inThe Other Boleyn Girl, which also earned mixed reviews.[83][84] Promoting the film, Johansson and Portman appeared on the cover ofW, discussing with the magazine the public's reception of them.[85] InRolling Stone,Pete Travers criticized the film for "[moving] in frustrating herks and jerks", but thought that the duo were the only positive aspect of the production.[86]Variety credited the cast as "almost flawless ... at the top of its game", citing "Johansson's quieter Mary ... as the [film's] emotional center".[87]
In her third collaboration with Woody Allen, the romantic comedy-dramaVicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), which was filmed in Spain, Johansson plays one of the love interests ofJavier Bardem's character alongsidePenélope Cruz.[88] The film was one of Allen's most profitable and received favorable reviews.[89][90] A reviewer inVariety described Johansson as "open and malleable" compared to the other actors.[91] She also played thefemme fatale Silken Floss inThe Spirit, based on the newspapercomic strip ofthe same name byWill Eisner. It received poor reviews from critics, who deemed it melodramatic, unoriginal and sexist.[92] Johansson's only role in 2009 was as Anna Marks, a yoga instructor, in the ensemble comedy-dramaHe's Just Not That into You (2009). The film was released to tepid reviews but was a box office success.[93][94]
2010–2013: Marvel Cinematic Universe and worldwide recognition
Aspiring to appear on Broadway since childhood, Johansson made her debut in a 2010 revival ofArthur Miller's dramaA View from the Bridge.[95][96] Set in the 1950s in an Italian American neighborhood in New York, it tells the tragic tale of Eddie (Liev Schreiber), who has an inappropriate love for his wife's orphaned niece, Catherine (Johansson). After initial reservations about playing a teenage character, Johansson was convinced by a friend to take on the part.[97]Ben Brantley ofThe New York Times wrote Johansson "melts into her character so thoroughly that her nimbus of celebrity disappears".[98]Variety's David Rooney was impressed with the play and Johansson in particular, describing her as the chief performer.[99] She won the 2010Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.[100] Some critics and Broadway actors criticized the award committee's decision to reward the work of mainstream Hollywood actors, including Johansson. In response, she said that she understood the frustration, but had worked hard for her accomplishments.[101]
Johansson secured the part ofBlack Widow inJon Favreau'sIron Man 2 (2010),[102] a part of theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),[103] afterEmily Blunt was forced to opt out due to other obligations.[104] Before she was cast, she dyed her hair red to convince Favreau that she was right for the part, and undertook stunt andstrength training to prepare for the role.[105] Johansson said the character resonated with her, and she admired the superhero's human traits.[106] The film earned $623.9million against its $200million budget, and received generally positive reviews from critics, although reviewers criticized how her character was written.[107][108] Tim Robey ofThe Daily Telegraph and Matt Goldberg thought that she had little to do but look attractive.[109][110] In 2011, Johansson played the role of Kelly, a zookeeper in the family filmWe Bought a Zoo alongsideMatt Damon. The film got mainly favorable reviews, and Anne Billson praised Johansson for bringing depth to a rather uninteresting character.[111][72] Johansson earned aTeen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Drama nomination for her performance.[112]
Johansson learned some Russian from a former teacher on the phone for her role as Black Widow inThe Avengers (2012),[113] another entry from the MCU.[103] The film received mainly positive reviews and broke many box office records, becoming the third highest-grossing film both in the United States and worldwide.[114][115] For her performance, she was nominated for twoTeen Choice Awards and threePeople's Choice Awards.[b] Later that year, Johansson portrayed actressJanet Leigh inSacha Gervasi'sHitchcock, a behind-the-scenes drama about the making ofAlfred Hitchcock's 1960 filmPsycho.[118] Roger Ebert wrote that Johansson did not look much like Leigh, but conveyed her spunk, intelligence, and sense of humor.[119]
In January 2013, Johansson starred in a Broadway revival ofCat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed byRob Ashford. Set in theMississippi Delta, it examines the relationships within the family of Big Daddy (Ciarán Hinds), primarily between his son Brick (Benjamin Walker) and Maggie (Johansson).[120] Her performance received mixed reviews.[121]Entertainment Weekly's Thom Geier wrote Johansson "brings a fierce fighting spirit" to her part,[122] but Joe Dziemianowicz fromDaily News called her performance "alarmingly one-note".[123] The2013 Sundance Film Festival hosted the premiere ofJoseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut,Don Jon.[124] In this romantic comedy-drama, she played the girlfriend of thepornography-addicted title character. Gordon-Levitt wrote the role for Johansson, who had previously admired his acting work.[125] The film received positive reviews and Johansson's performance was highlighted by critics.[126] Claudia Puig ofUSA Today considered it to be one of her best performances.[127]
Johansson was cast inJonathan Glazer's science fiction filmUnder the Skin (2013) as anextraterrestrial creature disguised as a human femme fatale who preys on men in Scotland. The project, an adaptation ofMichel Faber'snovel of the same name, took nine years to complete.[136] For the role, she learned to drive a van and speak in an English accent.[137] Johansson improvised conversations with non-professional actors on the street, who did not know they were being filmed.[138] It was released to generally positive reviews, with particular praise for Johansson.[136][139] Erin Whitney, writing forThe Huffington Post, considered it to be her finest performance to that point, and noted that it was her first fully nude role.[140] Author Maureen Foster wrote, "How much depth, breadth, and range Johansson mines from her character's very limited allowance of emotional response is a testament to her acting prowess that is, as the film goes on, increasingly stunning."[141] It earned Johansson aBIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film nomination.[142]
Continuing her work in the MCU, Johansson reprised her role as Black Widow inCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). In the film, she joins forces withCaptain America (Chris Evans) andFalcon (Anthony Mackie) to uncover a conspiracy withinS.H.I.E.L.D., while facing a mysterious assassin known as theWinter Soldier. Johansson and Evans wrote their own dialogue for several scenes they had together.[143] Johansson was attracted to her character's way of doing her job, employing her feminine wiles and not her physical appeal.[144] The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $714million worldwide.[145] Critic Odie Henderson saw "a genuine emotional shorthand at work, especially from Johansson, who is excellent here".[146] The role earned her a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[147]
Johansson played a supporting role in the filmChef (2014), alongsideRobert Downey Jr.,Sofía Vergara, and director Jon Favreau. It grossed over $45million at the box office and was well received by critics. TheChicago Sun-Times writerRichard Roeper found the film "funny, quirky and insightful, with a bounty of interesting supporting characters".[148] InLuc Besson's science fiction action filmLucy (2014), Johansson starred as the title character, who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream.[149] Besson discussed the role with several actresses, and cast Johansson based on her strong reaction to the script and her discipline.[150] Critics generally praised the film's themes, visuals, and Johansson's performance; some found the plot nonsensical.[151]IGN's Jim Vejvoda attributed the film's success to her acting and Besson's style.[152] The film grossed $458million on a budget of $40million to becomethe 18th highest-grossing film of 2014.[153]
In 2015 and 2016, Johansson again played Black Widow in the MCU filmsAvengers: Age of Ultron andCaptain America: Civil War. During filming of the former, a mixture of close-ups, concealing costumes, stunt doubles and visual effects were used to hide her pregnancy.[154] Both films earned more than $1.1billion, ranking among thehighest-grossing films of all time.[155] ForCivil War, Johansson earned her second nomination forCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie and her fourth for Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.[156][157] Earlier in 2016, Johansson had featured in the Coen brothers' well-received comedy filmHail, Caesar! about a "fixer" working in the classical Hollywood cinema, trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanished during the filming of a biblical epic; Johansson plays an actress who becomes pregnant while her film is in production.[158] She also voicedKaa in Jon Favreau's live-action adaptation ofDisney'sThe Jungle Book, and Ash in the animated musical comedy filmSing (both 2016).[159] That year she also narrated an audiobook ofLewis Carroll's children's novelAlice's Adventures in Wonderland.[160]
Johansson playedMotoko Kusanagi inRupert Sanders's 2017film adaptation of theGhost in the Shell franchise. The film was praised for its visual style, acting, and cinematography, but was the subject of controversy forwhitewashing the cast, particularly Johansson's character, a cyborg who was meant to hold the memories of a Japanese woman.[161][162] Responding to the backlash, the actress asserted she would never play a non-white character, but wanted to take the rare opportunity to star in a female-led franchise.[163]Ghost in the Shell grossed $169.8million worldwide against a production budget of $110million.[164] In March 2017, Johansson hostedSaturday Night Live for the fifth time, making her the 17th person and the fourth woman[c] to enter theNBC sketch comedy's prestigiousFive-Timers Club.[165] Johansson's next 2017 film was the comedyRough Night, where she played Jess Thayer, one of the five friends—alongsideKate McKinnon,Jillian Bell,Ilana Glazer, andZoë Kravitz—whose bachelorette party goes wrong after a male stripper dies. The film had a mixed critical reception and moderate box office returns.[166] In 2018, Johansson voiced show dog Nutmeg inWes Anderson's stop-motion animated filmIsle of Dogs, released in March,[167] and reprised her MCU role as Black Widow inAvengers: Infinity War, which followed the next month.[168] Johansson was due to star inRub & Tug, a biographical film in which she would have playedDante "Tex" Gill, atransgender man who operated a massage parlor and prostitution ring in the 1970s and 1980s. She dropped out of the project following backlash to the casting of acisgender woman to play a transgender man.[169]
In 2019, Johansson once again reprised her role as Black Widow inAvengers: Endgame, which is the highest-grossing film of all time.[155] She next starred inNoah Baumbach'sNetflix filmMarriage Story in whichAdam Driver and she played a warring couple who file for divorce. Johansson found a connection with her character as she was amid her own divorce proceedings at the time.[170]Peter Bradshaw ofThe Guardian commended her "brilliantly textured" performance in it.[171] She also took on the supporting role of a young boy's mother who shelters a Jewish girl inNazi Germany inTaika Waititi's satireJojo Rabbit. Waititi modeled the character on his own mother and cast Johansson to provide her a rare opportunity to perform comedy.[170] The film received polarized reviews, butStephanie Zacharek labeled her the "lustrous soul of the movie".[172][173] Johansson received her first twoAcademy Award nominations, forBest Actress andBest Supporting Actress for her performances inMarriage Story andJojo Rabbit, respectively, becoming the twelfth performer to benominated for two Oscars in the same year.[174] She also received two BAFTA nominations for these films and a Golden Globe nomination for the former.[175][176]
2021–present:Black Widow lawsuit and professional expansion
After a one-year screen absence, Johansson reprised her role as Black Widow in her ownsolo prequel film in 2021, on which she also served as an executive producer.[177] Also starringFlorence Pugh, the film is set afterCaptain America: Civil War, with Johansson's character on the run, confronting her past. Johansson felt her role was complete,[178] viewing it as a chance to showcase her character's independence and vulnerability, which she thought set her apart from otherAvengers.[179] Critics were generally favorable in their reviews of the film, mainly praising Johansson and Pugh's performances.[180]The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney thought the film was "a stellar vehicle" for Johansson,[181] and Pete Hammond ofDeadline Hollywood found her "again a great presence in the role, showing expert action and acting chops throughout".[182] For the film, Johansson won The Female Movie Star of 2021 at the47th People's Choice Awards.[183] Also that year, she reprised her voice role as Ash in the sequelSing 2.[184]
In July 2021, Johansson suedDisney, claiming the simultaneous release ofBlack Widow on their streaming serviceDisney+ breached a contract clause for exclusive theatrical release, denying her additional box-office bonuses.[185] In response, Disney said her lawsuit showed an indifference to the "horrific and prolonged" effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company also stated that Johansson already received $20million for the film and that theDisney+ Premier Access[d] release would only earn her additional compensation.[187]The Hollywood Reporter called Disney's response "aggressive," andCreative Artists Agency co-chairmanBryan Lourd criticized Disney for attacking Johansson's character and disclosing her salary.[188] In September, the dispute was resolved with undisclosed terms, thoughVariety later reported Johansson received over $40million and would continue working with Disney.[189][104]
Johansson returned to the screen with Wes Anderson's comedyAsteroid City (2023), in which she led an ensemble cast. It was her second film to premiere at theCannes Film Festival afterMatch Point (2005).[190][104] For her two months of work on the film, she took a substantial pay cut, earning $4,131 a week.[104] Describing her collaboration with Anderson, she said, "I like the sort of constraints of Wes' precision. I think in some ways, it's more liberating."[104] Anthony Lane ofThe New Yorker praised Johansson's ability to add depth to her character and for skillfully portraying both reality and imagination with wit.[191] InKristin Scott Thomas's directorial debutMy Mother's Wedding, Johansson played one of three sisters reuniting for their mother's wedding.[192]The Guardian's Benjamin Lee was displeased by the film and Johansson's "awkward British accent".[193]
In May 2008, Johansson released her debut albumAnywhere I Lay My Head, which consists of one original song and ten cover versions ofTom Waits songs, and featuresDavid Bowie and members from theYeah Yeah Yeahs andCelebration.[204] Reviews of the album were mixed.[205]Spin was not particularly impressed with Johansson's singing.[206] Some critics found it to be "surprisingly alluring",[207] "a bravely eccentric selection",[204] and "a brilliant album" with "ghostly magic".[208]NME named the album the "23rd best album of 2008", and it peaked at number126 on theBillboard 200.[209][210] Johansson started listening to Waits when she was 11 or 12 years old,[211] and said of him, "His melodies are so beautiful, his voice is so distinct and I had my own way of doing Tom Waits songs."[212]
In September 2009, Johansson and singer-songwriterPete Yorn released a collaborative album,Break Up, inspired bySerge Gainsbourg's duets withBrigitte Bardot.[213] The album reached number 41 in the US.[214] In 2010,Steel Train releasedTerrible Thrills Vol.1, which includes their favorite female artists singing songs from theirself-titled album. Johansson is the first artist on the album, singing "Bullet".[215] Johansson sang "One Whole Hour" for the 2011 soundtrack of the documentary filmWretches & Jabberers (2010).[216] In 2012 sang on a J.Ralph track entitled "Before My Time" for the end credits of the climate documentaryChasing Ice (2012),[217] which received a nomination for anAcademy Award for Best Original Song.[218]
In February 2015, Johansson formed a band called the Singles with Este Haim fromHAIM, Holly Miranda, Kendra Morris, and Julia Haltigan. The group's first single was called "Candy".[219] Johansson was issued a cease and desist order from the lead singer of the Los Angeles-based rock band the Singles, demanding she stop using their name.[220] In 2016, she performed "Trust in Me" forThe Jungle Book soundtrack[221] and "Set It All Free" and "I Don't Wanna" forSing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.[222] In 2018, Johansson collaborated with Pete Yorn again for an EP titledApart, released June 1.[223]
Public image
Johansson is described as asex symbol by the media.[224] Already at the age of 17, when filmingLost in Translation, she felt she was groomed as a "bombshell-type" actor, as she explained in a 2022 podcast with Bruce Bozzi.[225]The Sydney Morning Herald describes her as "the embodiment of male fantasy".[15] During the filming ofMatch Point, director Woody Allen remarked upon her attractiveness, calling her "beautiful" and "sexually overwhelming".[226] In 2014,The New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane wrote that "she is evidently, and profitably, aware of her sultriness, and of how much, down to the last inch, it contributes to the contours of her reputation."[227] Johansson has expressed displeasure at being sexualized and maintains that a preoccupation with one's attractiveness does not last.[228] She has stated that while she is flattered to be considered sexy, she finds the implication that her strength comes from her sexuality to be confining.[229] She lost the role ofLisbeth Salander inThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) because the film's directorDavid Fincher found her "too sexy" for the part.[230] In 2016, as a comment on the delays of producing a stand-alone Black Widow movie, Johansson cautioned that she may not want to wear a "skin-tight catsuit" for much longer.[229]
Some media and fans call Johansson "ScarJo", which she finds lazy, flippant, and insulting.[231][232] She has no social media profiles, and does not wish to "continuously share details of my everyday life".[233] Johansson ranks highly in various beauty listings.Maxim included her in their Hot 100 list from 2006 to 2014.[234] She has been named "Sexiest Woman Alive" twice byEsquire (2006 and 2013)[235] and has been included in similar listings byPlayboy (2007),[12]Men's Health (2011),[236] andFHM (since 2005).[237] She was namedGQ's Babe of the Year in 2010.[238] In 2022, Johansson founded the plant-based skincare line, The Outset, with Kate Foster.[239]
Johansson was invited to join theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2004.[240] In 2006, she appeared onForbes'Celebrity 100 list and again in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.[241] She received a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame in May 2012.[242] In 2021 and 2025, she appeared on theTime 100,Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[243][244] Johansson was included onForbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid actresses from 2014 to 2016, with respective earnings of $17million, $35.5million, and $25million.[245][246] She would later top the list in 2018 and 2019, with earnings of $40.5million and $56million, respectively.[247] She was the highest-grossing actor of 2016, with a total of $1.2billion.[248]IndieWire credited her for taking on risky roles, such as inHer andUnder the Skin, instead of simply appearing in blockbuster after blockbuster.[249] As of October 2025[update], her films have grossed over$5.6 billion in North America and over$15.4 billion worldwide, making Johansson the highest-grossing box-office leading actor of all time both domestically and worldwide.[250][251]Madame Tussauds New York museum unveiled a wax statue of her in 2015.[252]
Johansson has appeared in advertising campaigns forCalvin Klein,Dolce & Gabbana,L'Oréal, andLouis Vuitton[253] and has represented the Spanish brandMango since 2009.[254] She was the first Hollywood celebrity to represent a champagne producer, appearing in advertisements forMoët & Chandon.[255] In January 2014, the Israeli companySodaStream, which makes home-carbonation products, hired Johansson as its first global brand ambassador, a relationship that commenced with a television commercial duringSuper Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014.[256] This created some controversy, as SodaStream at that time operated a plant in Israeli-occupied territory in theWest Bank.[257] In May 2024, Johansson criticizedOpenAI for releasinga chatbot with a voice that resembled her own, after she declined to formally work with the company to provide her voice for the app.[258]
While attending the Professional Children's School, Johansson dated classmateJack Antonoff from 2001 to 2002.[259] She dated herBlack Dahlia co-starJosh Hartnett for about two years until the end of 2006. According to Hartnett, they broke up because their busy schedules kept them apart.[260] Johansson began dating Canadian actorRyan Reynolds in April 2007.[261][262] They became engaged in May 2008[263] and married in September 2008 in a wilderness retreat onVancouver Island.[262][264] They separated in December 2010 and divorced in July 2011.[265] In a 2019 interview withVanity Fair, Johansson reflected on the marriage. "I mean, the first time I got married I was 23 years old. I didn't really have an understanding of marriage. Maybe I kind of romanticized it, I think, in a way."[266]
In November 2012, Johansson began dating Frenchman Romain Dauriac, the owner of an advertising agency.[267][268] They became engaged the following September.[269] The pair divided their time between New York City and Paris.[270] She gave birth to their daughter, Rose, in 2014.[271] Johansson and Dauriac married that October inPhilipsburg, Montana.[272] They separated in mid-2016.[273] In March 2017, Johansson filed for divorce, saying their marriage was "irretrievably broken," despite Dauriac urging her to withdraw the action.[274] She never did, and the divorce was finalized in September 2017.[275]
Johansson began datingSaturday Night Live co-head writer andWeekend Update co-hostColin Jost in May 2017.[276] In May 2019, the two were engaged.[277] They married in October 2020 at their New York home.[278] She gave birth to their son in August 2021.[279] Johansson resides in New York and Los Angeles.[280]
In the media
In September 2011, nude photographs of Johansson hacked from her cell phone were leaked online. She said the pictures had been sent to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, three years prior to the incident.[281] In 2014, Johansson won a lawsuit against French publisherJC Lattès over libelous statements about her relationships in the novelThe First Thing We Look At byGrégoire Delacourt. She was awarded $3,400; she had sued for $68,000.[282]
Johansson has criticized the media for promoting an image that causes unhealthy diets and eating disorders among women.[283] In an essay she wrote forThe Huffington Post, she encouraged people to maintain a healthy body.[284] She posed nude for the March 2006 cover ofVanity Fair alongside actressKeira Knightley and fully clothed fashion designerTom Ford.[285] The photograph sparked controversy as some believed it demonstrated that women are forced to flaunt their sexuality more often than men.[286]
Philanthropy
Johansson has supported various charitable organizations includingAid Still Required,Cancer Research UK,Stand Up To Cancer, Too Many Women (which works against breast cancer), andUSA Harvest, which provides food for people in need.[287] In 2005, Johansson became a global ambassador for the aid and development agencyOxfam.[288] In 2007, she took part in the anti-poverty campaignONE, which was organized byU2's lead singerBono.[15] In March 2008, a UK-based bidder paid £20,000 on an eBay auction to benefit Oxfam, winning a hair and makeup treatment, a pair of tickets, and a chauffeured trip to accompany her on a 20-minute date to the world premiere ofHe's Just Not That into You.[289]
In January 2014, Johansson resigned from her Oxfam position after criticism of her promotion ofSodaStream, whose main factory was based inMishor Adumim, anIsraeli settlement in the West Bank; Oxfam opposes all trade with such Israeli settlements.[257][290] Oxfam stated that it was thankful for her contributions in raising funds to fight poverty.[291][292] Together with herAvengers costars, Johansson raised $500,000 for the victims ofHurricane Maria.[293]
In 2018, she collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to set up theTime's Up initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination.[294] Johansson took part in theWomen's March in Los Angeles in January 2018, where she spoke on topics such as abuses of power, sharing her own experience. She received backlash for calling out fellow actorJames Franco on allegations of sexual misconduct as in the past she had defended working with Woody Allen amid an accusation by his daughterDylan Farrow.[295][296]
Johansson has given support to Operation Warrior Wellness, a division of the David Lynch Foundation that helps veterans learn Transcendental Meditation. Her grand-uncle, Phillip Schlamberg, was the last American pilot to have been killed during WWII. He had gone on a bombing mission with Jerry Yellin, who went on to become co-founder of Operation Warrior Wellness.[297]
^Johansson was nominated for Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Choice Summer Movie Star: Female, and People's Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actress, Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared withJeremy Renner) and Favorite Face of Heroism.[116][117]
^Created during the COVID-19 pandemic with closed theaters, it was a premium add-on that let Disney+ subscribers watch new content locked behind a paywall.[186]
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