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Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021. Her films have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making Johansson the highest-grossing box office star of all time. She has received various accolades, including a Tony Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.

Born to a Danish father and an American mother, Johansson aspired to be an actress from an early age and first appeared on stage in an off-Broadway play as a child actor. 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, and Girl with a Pearl Earring. She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for these films, and for playing a troubled teenager in the drama A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) and a seductress in psychological thriller Match Point (2005). The latter was her first collaboration with Woody Allen, who later directed her in Scoop (2006) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Johansson's other works of this period include The Prestige (2006) and the albums Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008) and Break Up (2009), both of which charted on the Billboard 200.

In 2010, Johansson debuted on Broadway in a revival of A View from the Bridge, which won her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress and began portraying Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 2. She reprised the role in eight films, leading up to her solo feature Black Widow (2021), gaining global stardom. During this period, Johansson starred in the science fiction films Her (2013), Under the Skin (2013) and Lucy (2014). She received two simultaneous Academy Award nominations—Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress—for the respective roles of 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), becoming one of the few actors to achieve this feat.

Labeled a sex symbol, Johansson has been referred to as one of the world's most attractive women by various media outlets. She is a prominent brand endorser and supports several charitable causes. Divorced from actor Ryan Reynolds and businessman Romain Dauriac.

She hosted Saturday Night Live 6 times: The first time was on January 14, 2006, the tenth episode of Season 31, with musical guests Death Cab for Cutie. The second time on April 21, 2007, the eighteenth episode of Season 32, with musical guest Björk. The third time was on November 13, 2010, the sixth episode of Season 36, with musical guests Arcade Fire. The fourth time was on May 2, 2015, the nineteenth episode of Season 40, with musical guest Wiz Khalifa. The fifth time was on March 11, 2017, the sixteenth episode of Season 42, thus making her a five-time host to enter the Five-Timers Club, with musical guest Lorde. The sixth time was on December 14, 2019, the ninth episode and the Holidays episode of Season 45, with musical guest Niall Horan.

She also made cameos on February 4, 2006, during the SNL Digital Short and on October 3, 2009, where she reprised her character Lexi on the "Mike's Fountainry" commercial sketch. On May 20, 2017, she also reprised her impression Ivanka Trump in the cold open singing "Hallelujah". On December 16, 2017, she once again played Ivanka in the Cold Open, as well as the cold open for May 5, 2018. She then cameoed at the end of the February 25, 2023, episode, to give host Woody Harrelson his Five-Timers Club jacket, since it was his fifth time hosting.

She was impersonated by Miley Cyrus on the October 5, 2013 episode during the "50 Shades of Grey Auditions" filmed sketch.

Johansson is married to SNL cast member and Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost since 2020. She has two children, one with Dauriac and another with Jost.

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