In November 1984, twins were born in the family of Danish architect Carsten Johansson in New York: a boy Hunter and a girl Scarlett, who was named after the famous Scarlett O'Hara from the Gone With the Wind novel. Over time, the girl lived up to her name and became the heroine of more than one film.
Childhood dreams
By the age of seven, Scarlett was determined to become an actress, she entered Lee Strasberg's acting school in New York. Mother, Melanie Johansson, supported her in this pursuit and actively took her daughter to various auditions.
In 1994, the girl was invited to the role of Laura Nelson in the film "North" directed by Rob Rainer. So began her career in the world of cinema. At eleven, Scarlett starred with Sean Connery in The Right Cause. The following roles were little known. But already in 1996, the first major role appeared in the film Meni and Lo, for which Johansson was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards. One of the following significant works is the role of Grace in the film "The Horse Whisperer", which was when film critics looked at Scarlett as a promising actress.
Creative career development
Nevertheless, shooting in films of different plans - in dramas, in comedies - did not bring the desired success, until the director Sofia Coppola called Scarlett for the main role in her new film. The comedy "Translation Difficulties", released in 2003, helped to reveal the talent of the young actress, brought her fame, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the first nomination for the prestigious Golden Globe Award.
In the same year, Johansson was nominated for the Golden Globe for the second time, but already as the best actress in the drama for the role of the handmaid Grit in the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring". The actress was nominated for this award two more times, including for the best female supporting role in Woody Alain’s drama “Match Point”. But the fantastic action movie Ostrov with the participation of Scarlett, which was released in the same year 2005 as Match Point, although it collected about 180 million dollars at the box office, did not meet the producers' expectations at all.
Meanwhile, the acting career began to gain momentum. Woody Allen again invited the actress to his project, this time a comedic detective called Sensation. Since 2006, films of various genres have been released, including Prestige, Black Orchid, Nanny Diaries, Another Boleyn Family (with Natalie Portman and Eric Bana). Having played in 2010 in Iron Man 2 Natasha Romanova, Scarlett starred in the same role in the sequels of this film: Avengers (2012), Captain America: The First Avenger: Another War (2014) and in the planned rental in 2015 " Avengers: Age of Ultron."
Trying herself not only in the acting field, Scarlett Johansson collaborated with Calvin Klein and L'Oreal. She starred in videos with Bob Dylan and Justin Timberlake. In 2008, Scarlett debuted as a vocalist and released her first album.
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