Scarlett Johansson

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Birth Name: Scarlett I. Johansson

Date of Birth: November 22nd, 1984

Place of Birth: New York City, US

Father: Karsten Johansson, a Danish-born architect.

Mother: Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx.

Siblings: An elder sister, Vanessa, who is an actress; an elder brother, Adrian; a twin brother, Hunter (whose only film, Manny & Lo, starred Scarlett); a half-brother, Christian, from her father's re-marriage.

Schooling: She and brother Hunter attended P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village in elementary school. Johansson began her theater training by attending and graduating from Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2002.

Start of Career: Johansson began acting during childhood, after her mother began taking her to auditions. She made her film debut at age nine as John Ritter's daughter in the 1994 fantasy comedy North.

Personal Life: Johansson rarely discusses her personal life with the press, saying "it's nice to have everybody not know your business." Johansson's ex-boyfriend and member of the band Steel Train, Jack Antonoff, wrote lyrics that refer to Johansson in the song "Better Love." She has been linked to many famous men, including Benicio del Toro, Jared Leto, Justin Timberlake, and her Black Dahlia co-star Josh Hartnett, though Johansson denies she had a relationship with del Toro. Johansson and Hartnett dated for about two years until the end of 2006, with Hartnett citing their busy lives as the reason for the split.

She started dating Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds in 2007, and on May 5, 2008, it was reported that the two were engaged. On September 27, 2008, Johansson and Reynolds were married at a quiet ceremony on Vancouver Island in Tofino, British Columbia.

Johansson is considered to be a modern sex symbol, and she regularly appears at the top of lists of the sexiest women in the world.

About her religious affiliation, Johansson described herself as Jewish.

Johansson is a Global Ambassador for the aid and development agency, Oxfam.

Johansson is a Democrat and campaigned for John Kerry in the 2004 United States presidential election.

Films:

1994 North

1995 Just Cause

1996 Manny & Lo

If Lucy Fell

1997 Home Alone 3

Fall

1998 The Horse Whisperer