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SCARLETT JOHANSSON: The Woman Behind Black Widow

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow & Executive Producer) is a Tony Award® and BAFTA Award winner, two-time Oscar® nominee and five-time Golden Globe® nominee. She was most recently seen in the final installment of the Avengers film series, “Avengers: Endgame,” reprising her role as Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow; in the Golden Globe–nominated “Marriage Story,” directed by Noah Baumbach; and in Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit.” Other recent roles include “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Lucy,” “Under the Skin,” “Ghost in the Shell,” “Isle of Dogs” and “Her,” which earned her a best actress award at the Rome Film Festival.

 Johansson received rave reviews as Nicole Barber in “Marriage Story,” and was nominated for an Oscar®, a Golden Globe®, a Screen Actors Guild Award® and a BAFTA Award for her role. She also received nominations for an Oscar, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA for her role in “Jojo Rabbit.” Johansson received the Upstream Prize for best actress in the Controcorrente section at the Venice International Film Festival for her starring role opposite Bill Murray in director Sofia Coppola’s critically acclaimed “Lost in Translation.” Johansson won a Tony® for her Broadway debut in the Arthur Miller play “A View from a Bridge” opposite Liev Schreiber. She wrapped her second run on Broadway as Maggie in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in 2013. 

At the age of 12, Johansson attained worldwide recognition for her performance as Grace MacLean, the teen traumatized by a riding accident in Robert Redford’s “The Horse Whisperer.” She went on to star in Terry Zwigoff’s “Ghost World,” garnering a best supporting actress award from the Toronto Film Critics Circle. Her breakthrough role came at the age of 10 in the critically praised “Manny & Lo,” which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best female lead. 

Johansson’s other film credits include: “Hail, Caesar!,” “The Jungle Book,” “Sing,” “Chef,” “Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Don Jon,” “Hitchcock,” “We Bought a Zoo,” “Iron Man 2,” “In Good Company,” “A Love Song for Bobby Long,” “Match Point,” “He’s Just Not That Into You,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “The Spirit,” “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” “The Island,” “The Black Dahlia,” “The Prestige,” “The Nanny Diaries,” “North,” “Just Cause” and “The Man Who Wasn’t There.” 

A New York native, Johansson made her professional acting debut at the age of 8 in the Off-Broadway production of “Sophistry,” with Ethan Hawke, at New York’s Playwrights Horizons.






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