SCARLETT JOHANSSON BIOGRAPHY
Johansson was born 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's parents met in Denmark, where her mother lived with
Johansson's maternal grandmother, Dorothy, a former bookkeeper and schoolteacher.
Johansson has an older sister, Vanessa, who is an actress; an older brother, Adrian; a twin brother, Hunter (whose only film, Manny & Lo, starred Scarlett); and a half-brother, Christian, from her father's re-marriage.
Scarlett I. Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an
American actress and singer. Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 film
North and was subsequently nominated for the Independent
Spirit Award for Best Lead Female for her performance in
1996's Manny & Lo. Johansson rose to fame with her role in
1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her breakout performance in Ghost World in 2001, for which she won the Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress.
