Scarlett Johansson wearing a black bra

Johansson's performance as Grace in The Horse Whisperer (1998) earned her a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. And previously her Manny & Lo (1996) role received a nod by the Independent Spirit Awards. Scarlett has an older brother and sister and a twin brother. She divides her time between New York with her dad, and Los Angeles with her mother. Her acting career was launched in the off-Broadway production of 'Sophistry' with Ethan Hawke.


She is three minutes older than twin brother Hunter Johansson. She says these three minutes are the most important in her life.

Father Karsten Johansson was born in Denmark, while mother Melanie Sloan comes from a Bronx-bred family of Polish descent.

Scarlett has a twin brother called Hunter.