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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson
Born 22 Nov 1984, in New York

Wise Words; "It's a great thing to get older and learn. I don't feel bound in any way by how many years I've lived. I identify just as much with my 86-year-old grandmother as I do with my sister."




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Scarlett Johansson - news / articles


  • Johansson fears long-term injuries over Avengers role - 27 March 2012
    -Scarlett Johansson fears she suffered permanent damage while shooting her bruising new action film The Avengers as she will be nursing her injuries "for years".-The Hollywood beauty is reprising her Iron Man 2 role as the Black Widow in the upcoming blockbuster epic and in


  • Johansson & Ruffalo to lead movie musical cast - 3 February 2012
    -The Avengers stars Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson are to reteam for a new movie musical.-The actress, who has already achieved critical success for her singing voice - thanks to an album of Tom Waits songs she released in 2008 and a 2009 collaboration with songwriter


  • Fincher turned down Johansson for Dragon Tattoo - 17 October 2011
    -Scarlett Johansson missed out on the coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in director David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo because the filmmaker feared cinemagoers would be distracted by the thought of the Girl With A Pearl Earring star baring all.-The moviemaker ha

Scarlett Johansson - what members say


  • The Horse Whisperer
  • The Horse Whisperer review by from MANCHESTER
    Rated - 3.0 stars 12 August 2004
    ...Robert Redford directs this compelling story of 14-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson), who is emotionally and physically scarred after suffering a terrible accident whil...   Read customer review
  • The Man Who Wasn't There
  • The Man Who Wasn't There review by A customer from Inglewood
    Rated - 4.0 stars Very well shot 24 May 2005
    ...on is perfect for the main role as the lonely barber, and Frances McDormand and Scarlett Johansson lend stellar support. On the whole, the film was very enjoyable and interestin...   Read customer review
  • The Prestige
  • The Prestige review by A customer from Windermere
    Rated - 4.0 stars spot the twists 20 November 2006
    ...d Bowie camping it up as the mad scientist Tesla (who was real by the way), and Scarlett Johansson as the Victorian Debbie McGee, it's tremendous stuff. I saw this at the picture...   Read customer review

Scarlett Johansson - filmography


  • Avengers Assemble (2012)
    Starring: Robert Downey Jr.,  Scarlett Johansson,  Chris Hemsworth
    Director: Joss Whedon
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 89% from 782 members
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  • Iron Man 2 on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Robert Downey Jr.,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Jon Favreau
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 49,712 members
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  • He's Just Not That Into You on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin,  Drew Barrymore,  Ben Affleck
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex--and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no-exceptions" ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 32,087 members
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  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Javier Bardem,  Penelope Cruz,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    It’s the film that critics are hailing as Woody Allan’s return to form. Vicky Cristina Barcelona has become one of the most talked about movies of the year. A sizzling, erotically charged, relentlessly hilarious and touching romantic comedy that won Penelope Cruz (Volver, Vanilla Sky) a Best ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 5,160 members
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  • The Spirit - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Dan Lauria,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Gabriel Macht
    Director: Frank Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on Will Eisner's classic 1940s and '50s comic series and written and directed by his acolyte Frank Miller, THE SPIRIT follows the adventures of the crimefighter of the title (Gabriel Macht), a former cop mysteriously brought back from the dead. Hiding his identity as Denny Colt behind a mask ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 3,891 members
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  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Javier Bardem,  Penelope Cruz,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    It’s the film that critics are hailing as Woody Allan’s return to form. Vicky Cristina Barcelona has become one of the most talked about movies of the year. A sizzling, erotically charged, relentlessly hilarious and touching romantic comedy that won Penelope Cruz (Volver, Vanilla Sky) a Best ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 44,742 members
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  • The Other Boleyn Girl on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Scarlett Johansson,  Eric Bana
    Director: Justin Chadwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" revolves around the ferociously ambitious Boleyn sisters, Mary (Johansson) and Anne (Portman), who are rivals for the bed and heart of 16th century English King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 54,997 members
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  • The Prestige on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy with dangerous and deadly consequences.From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 94,440 members
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  • The Black Dahlia on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Scarlett Johansson,  Hilary Swank,  Josh Hartnett
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the novel by James Ellroy, Brian De Palma's THE BLACK DAHLIA stars Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart as a pair of LAPD detectives assigned to the most notorious murder in Hollywood history. Director Brian De Palma (THE UNTOUCHABLES, SCARFACE) establishes the relationship between Buddy ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 30,539 members
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  • The Prestige - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Director Christopher Nolan's (MEMENTO) eclectic resume gains another interesting entry with THE PRESTIGE. Set in early 20th-century London, the film centres on the bitter rivalry between two magicians who go to increasingly dangerous lengths to upstage one another. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, X-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 6,745 members
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  • The Prestige - HD (2006)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Director Christopher Nolan's (MEMENTO) eclectic resume gains another interesting entry with THE PRESTIGE. Set in early 20th-century London, the film centres on the bitter rivalry between two magicians who go to increasingly dangerous lengths to upstage one another. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, X-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,336 member
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  • Scoop (2006)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Scarlett Johansson,  Charles Dance
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An American journalism student (Scarlett Johansson) visiting London gets a hot tip on a notorious serial murder case after a ghostly encounter inside the disappearing cabinet of a neurotic vaudevillian (writer/director/co-star Woody Allen). But when she falls for the dashing aristocrat (Hugh ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 408 members
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  • The Island on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Scarlett Johansson,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (Pearl Harbour, Armageddon), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 104,092 members
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  • Match Point on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Scarlett Johansson,  Jonathan Rhys Meyers,  Emily Mortimer
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    For the first time in his long career, writer-director Woody Allen takes his cast and crew to London, and the European location breathes new life into the normally Manhattan-centric auteur. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as Chris Wilton, a former pro on the world tennis circuit, with eyes set on a very ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 31,177 members
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  • The Island - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Scarlett Johansson,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (PEARL HARBOR, ARMAGEDDON), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,231 members
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  • The Island - HD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Scarlett Johansson,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (PEARL HARBOR, ARMAGEDDON), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 735 members
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  • A Good Woman on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Scarlett Johansson,  Tom Wilkinson
    Director: Mike Barker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson fight over the same rich young man in this sumptuously elegant and loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. The setting for the action is moved from Victorian England's parlors to Italy's gorgeous Amalfi coast in the early 1930's. A vacationing ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 12,289 members
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  • The Perfect Score on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Erika Christensen,  Chris Evans,  Bryan Greenberg
    Director: Brian Robbins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    High school senior Kyle (Chris Evans) gets a major shock when he discovers his SAT score isn't good enough to get him into college as an architecture major. A perfectionist, Kyle's resilient nature is sparked when he embroils his best friend Matty (Bryan Greenberg) in a madcap scheme to steal the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 3,631 members
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  • A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Scarlett Johansson,  Gabriel Macht
    Director: Shainee Gabel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Upon hearing of her mother's death, Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother's house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother's friends: Bobby Long, a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 66 members
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  • Lost in Translation on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Scarlett Johansson,  Giovanni Ribisi
    Director: Sofia Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    An American film star out to make a commercial in Tokyo meets up with a photographer's wife in a hotel bar. These two people are lonely and having to contend with a foreign language and a new culture. A friendship begins.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 91,923 members
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  • Girl With A Pearl Earring on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Scarlett Johansson,  Tom Wilkinson
    Director: Peter Webber
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in 17th-century Holland, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING follows the life of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman who must work as a maid to help her family make ends meet. Seeking employment at the home of renowned painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), Griet finds most of the household, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 44,572 members
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  • Eight Legged Freaks on DVD (2002)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Kari Wuhrer,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Ellory Elkayem
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    New Zealand-born Ellory Elkayem's EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS is a ridiculously irreverent romp that pays homage to American b-movies of the 1950s. Set in the nearly bankrupt mining town of Prosperity, Arizona, the film opens with the timely return of Chris McCormack (David Arquette). On the outskirts of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 4,557 members
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  • An American Rhapsody (2001)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Scarlett Johansson,  Raffaella Bánsági
    Director: Eva Gardos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
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  • Ghost World on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Thora Birch,  Scarlett Johansson,  Steve Buscemi
    Director: Terry Zwigoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Terry Zwigoff finally follows up his 1994 breakout success, CRUMB, with this infectious, insightful, and ultimately sad look at teenage angst and boredom in suburbia that recalls such films as WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE and RUSHMORE as well as MTV's excellent DARIA series. The screenplay, written by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 14,321 members
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  • The Horse Whisperer on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Kristin Scott-Thomas,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Robert Redford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    For director Robert Redford the trick was directing himself. The Oscar-winning director (Ordinary People, Quiz Show) says that he is one kind of actor (in the moment) and a different kind of director (more controlling). Whatever the problems, Redford has worked it out beautifully in this leisurely ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,170 members
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  • Home Alone 3 on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Alex D. Linz,  Olek Krupa,  Haviland Morris
    Director: Raja Gosnell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Producer-screenwriter John Hughes scores the HOME ALONE hat trick with this second sequel to the slapstick blockbuster, which now finds savvy school-ager Alex under siege by spies while quarantined at home with the chickenpox. Due to an airport mix-up, the spies' super-secret computer chip finds ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3,904 members
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Scarlett Johansson facts

5 most recent films

Avengers Assemble - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Avengers Assemble - 4.5 stars
We Bought A Zoo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
We Bought a Zoo - 3.5 stars
Iron Man 2 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Avengers Assemble - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Avengers Assemble - 4.5 stars
The Prestige - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Prestige - HD - 4.0 stars
The Prestige - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Manny and Lo - 2.0 stars
We Bought A Zoo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
An American Rhapsody - 4.0 stars
The Spirit - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
The Spirit - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samuel L. Jackson - 8 times - show films
Dan Milano - 7 times - show films
Seth Green - 7 times - show films
Tom Wilkinson - 6 times - show films
Cillian Murphy - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Douglas Goldstein - 5 times - show films
Woody Allen - 5 times - show films
Matthew Senreich - 5 times - show films
Peter Webb - 4 times - show films
Stephen Frears - 4 times - show films