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Scarlett Johansson is a Nice Jewish Girl

January 26, 2013

Scarlett Johansson is a Jewish American actress and singer. She was born on November 22, 1984 in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx. Johansson began her theater training at Professional Children’s School in Manhattan and graduated in 2002.

Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 film North and early in her career was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in 1996’s Manny & Lo. She rose to fame with her roles in 1998’s The Horse Whisperer and 2001’s Ghost World.

In 2003, Johansson made the transition to adult roles with her performances in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, for which she won a BAFTA Award, and Girl with a Pearl Earring. She earned Golden Globe Award nominations for both 2003 roles and a third nomination in 2004 for her role in A Love Song for Bobby Long.

Following an appearance in The Island, Johansson garnered a fourth Golden Globe nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Woody Allen’s Match Point. She later appeared in Allen’s films Scoop (2006) and Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008). About her religious affiliation, Johansson described herself as Jewish when she was talking about Woody Allen: “I just adore Woody,” she said. “We have a lot in common. We’re New Yorkers, Jewish. We have a very easygoing relationship.”

Johansson regularly appears at the top of lists of the sexiest women in the world, most notably Maxim’s Hot 100, and was named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire and Sexiest Celebrity by Playboy.

Year	Title	Role
1994	North	Laura Nelson
1995	Just Cause	Kate Armstrong
1996	Manny & Lo	Amanda
1996	If Lucy Fell	Emily
1997	Home Alone 3	Molly Pruitt
1997	Fall	Little girl
1998	Horse Whisperer, TheThe Horse Whisperer	Grace MacLean
1999	My Brother the Pig	Kathy Caldwell
2001	Man Who Wasn’t There, TheThe Man Who Wasn’t There	Rachael ‘Birdy’ Abundas
2001	Ghost World	Rebecca
2001	An American Rhapsody	Zsuzsi/Suzanne Sandor (at 15)
2002	Eight Legged Freaks	Ashley Parker
2003	Lost in Translation	Charlotte
2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Griet
2004	Love Song for Bobby Long, AA Love Song for Bobby Long	Pursy Will
2004	Good Woman, AA Good Woman	Meg Windermere
2004	SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, TheThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Mindy (voice)
2004	Perfect Score, TheThe Perfect Score	Francesca Curtis
2004	In Good Company	Alex Foreman
2005	Island, TheThe Island	Jordan Two Delta/Sarah Jordan
2005	Match Point	Nola Rice
2006	Scoop	Sondra Pransky
2006	Black Dahlia, TheThe Black Dahlia	Katherine ‘Kay’ Lake
2006	Prestige, TheThe Prestige	Olivia Wenscombe
2007	Nanny Diaries, TheThe Nanny Diaries	Annie Braddock
2008	Other Boleyn Girl, TheThe Other Boleyn Girl	Mary Boleyn
2008	Spirit, TheThe Spirit	Silken Floss
2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Cristina
2009	He’s Just Not That Into You	Anna
2010	Iron Man 2	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
2011	We Bought a Zoo	Kelly
2012	Avengers, TheThe Avengers	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
2012	Hitchcock	Janet Leigh
2013	Don Jon’s Addiction	Barbara
2013	Under the Skin	Laura

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