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True Colours ACTION STAR, INDIE ACTOR, LIFELONG PERFORMER, ANY LABEL WILL DO, JUST DON’T CALL SCARLETT JOHANSSON “SCARJO”. “IT SOUNDS TACKY,” SHE TOLD GLAMOUR MAGAZINE WHO USED THE TAG IN A COVER STORY ABOUT HER. “IT’S LAZY AND FLIPPANT,” SHE CONTINUED. “AND THERE’S SOMETHING INSULTING ABOUT IT.”
Scarlett Johansson was speaking candidly ahead of the birth of her daughter, Rose Dorothy, now 6, who she shares with her ex, French journalist, Romain Dauriac. Referring to labels and being described as “the sexiest woman alive” by Esquire Magazine, Johansson railed at the idea of being trapped by a single persona. “When I made Lost in Translation, I was 17. That’s a normal side effect of being a young actor. You’re captured in a certain time of your life, and it’s hard for people to move past that.” Scarlett Johansson was born in Manhattan, New York in 1984, daughter of a Danish architect and a New Yorker with a background in film production. She has an older sister, Vanessa, also an actress; an older brother, Adrian; and a twin brother, Hunter. The two-time Academy Award nominee, now 36, was the world’s highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, and has featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Her films have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making Johansson the highest-grossing actress and ninthhighest-grossing box office star of all time. Inspired by Judy Garland, Johansson aspired to be an actress from a young
age and cut her teeth on stage in off Broadway productions. She made her film debut in the fantasy comedy North (1994), and gained early recognition for her roles in Manny & Lo (1996), The Horse Whisperer (1998), and Ghost World (2001). Johansson shifted to adult roles in 2003 with her performances in Lost in Translation, which won her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Other Boleyn Girl. Johansson debuted on Broadway in a 2010 revival of A View from the Bridge, which won her a Tony Award. 30 slim magazine winter 2021
That same year, Johansson’s foray into Super-Hero status began with the role of Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Iron Man 2. Science fiction films followed, including Her (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Lucy (2014), Ghost in the Shell (2017), among others. She received critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations for playing an actress going through a divorce in the drama Marriage Story (2019) and a single mother in Nazi Germany in the satire Jojo Rabbit (2019).
