Scarlett Johansson

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After her role in Robert Redford\'s The Horse Whisperer (1998), then-teenager Scarlett Johansson landed one plum part after another in movies like Lost in Translation (2003), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), The Perfect Score (2004), Match Point (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Nanny Diaries (2007), He\'s Just Not That Into You (2008), and The Spirit (2008).

Born in New York City, on November 22, 1984, Scarlett Johansson is the youngest of four siblings -- she has an older brother and sister, as well as a twin brother. As might be expected of an acting prodigy, Scarlett had an unusually early interest in performing: She wanted to be an actress since age 3, and was acting professionally when she was only 8 years old. After taking classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute for Young People, Scarlett Johansson made her stage debut in the early 1990s in the off-Broadway production of Sophistry, alongside Ethan Hawke.

Scarlett Johansson\'s first film role came in 1994\'s North, starring Elijah Wood, another child star survivor. The following year she played Sean Connery\'s daughter in the thriller Just Cause, and then in 1996 she appeared in If Lucy Fell and Manny & Lo. For the latter film, Scarlett Johansson was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress in 1997. That year she added Fall and Home Alone 3 to her burgeoning list of credits as well.

scarlett johansson in the horse whisperer
In 1998, Scarlett Johansson\'s career reached new heights. Cast as Grace MacLean, a young girl who suffers a tragic equestrian accident in The Horse Whisperer, Scarlett Johansson was generally acknowledged as the most promising part of an otherwise unenthusiastically received film. The 13-year-old actress picked up a Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Award for her work. Ironically, Scarlett Johansson was given an "introducing..." credit in The Horse Whisperer, even though she already had a half-dozen movies under her belt by then.

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