Scarlett Ingrid Johansson is an American actress, singer, and model. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has been featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021 and 2025. Johansson's films as a leading actress have grossed over $14.5 billion worldwide, making her the highest-grossing box office actress and the second-highest-grossing film star of all time. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, a Tony Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
Personal Information
| Full name | Scarlett Ingrid Johansson |
| Date of birth | November 22, 1984 (age 40) |
| Birthplace | New York City, United States |
| Nationality | United States Denmark |
| Education | P.S. 41, Greenwich Village, Manhattan Simon Baruch Middle School, Manhattan Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, Manhattan Professional Children's School, Manhattan |
| Occupations | Acress, Singer, Model |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Parents | Karsten Olaf Johansson (father) Melanie Sloan (mother) |
| Siblings | Hunter Johansson (twin brother) Vanessa Johansson (older sister) Adrian Johansson (older brother) Fenan Sloan (adopted sister) Christian Johansson (older half-brother) |
| Spouses | Ryan Reynolds (m. 2008; div. 2011) Romain Dauriac (m. 2014; div. 2017) Colin Jost (m. 2020) |
| Children | Rose Dorothy Dauriac (daughter) Cosmo Jost (son) |
| Relatives | Ejner Johansson (paternal grandfather) |
Early Life and Family Background
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984, in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Her father, Karsten Olaf Johansson, is a Danish architect, and her mother, Melanie Sloan, is a producer from a Jewish family that fled Poland and Russia; their original surname was Schlamberg. Scarlett has a twin brother, Hunter Johansson, and three other siblings: an older sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress; an older brother, Adrian Johansson; and an older half-brother, Christian Johansson, from her father's first marriage. She holds dual American and Danish citizenship.
Scarlett is the granddaughter of Ejner Johansson, an art historian, screenwriter, and film director, whose own father was Swedish. On a 2017 episode of PBS's Finding Your Roots, she discovered that her maternal great-grandfather's brother and extended family died during the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Johansson attended PS 41, an elementary school in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Her parents divorced when she was thirteen. She was particularly close to her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Sloan, a bookkeeper and schoolteacher. They often spent time together, and Johansson considered Dorothy her best friend. She took lessons in tap dance and has stated that her parents were supportive of her career choice. She has described her childhood as very ordinary.
As a child, Johansson practiced acting by staring into the mirror until she made herself cry, wanting to be like Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. At age seven, she was devastated when a talent agent signed one of her brothers instead of her, but she later decided to become an actress anyway. After enrolling at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and auditioning for commercials, Johansson soon lost interest, stating, “I didn’t want to promote Wonder Bread.” She shifted her focus to film and theater,making her first stage appearance with two lines in the off-Broadway play Sophistry with Ethan Hawke. Around this time, she began studying at the Professional Children’s School, a private educational institution for aspiring child actors in Manhattan.
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