Portrait · Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0 Scarlett Johansson Actor, director, producer and singer
Born 1984
Scarlett Johansson is an American actor, director, producer and singer. Raised in Manhattan, she attended P.S. 41 and Professional Children’s School. Her mother encouraged her interest in musicals and film, supporting auditions after an early agency rejection. She took acting, singing and tap classes, and trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute. She began stage work as a child in Sophistry and moved into films including Manny & Lo and The Horse Whisperer. She later credited Robert Redford’s patient direction on The Horse Whisperer with helping her understand how to shape a performance. Ghost World preceded her adult breakthrough in Lost in Translation. Her screen work spans period drama, comedy, action and voice roles, including The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Under the Skin and Her. She played Natasha Romanoff in the Marvel films and won a Tony for A View from the Bridge. Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit earned acting Oscar nominations. Watching Sofia Coppola make Lost in Translation also encouraged her interest in directing. Her music career includes the Tom Waits interpretations on Anywhere I Lay My Head, the duet album Break Up and the EP Apart with Pete Yorn. She founded These Pictures with Keenan Flynn and Jonathan Lia. Eleanor the Great was her first directed feature. Recent work includes Jurassic World Rebirth and Paper Tiger, which opened the New York Film Festival in September 2026. Ray Gunn is forthcoming, with Netflix’s theatrical and streaming dates in December 2026; The Exorcist: Martyrs and The Batman Part II remain future projects.
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Paper Tiger opens the New York Film Festival Johansson joined Adam Driver, Miles Teller and James Gray for the Opening Night discussion following the festival screening.
26 Sept 2026 Film at Lincoln Center
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Ray Gunn trailer introduces Venus Nova Netflix announced Johansson’s voice role and December 2026 theatrical and streaming dates for Brad Bird’s animated science-fiction film.
23 Sept 2026 Netflix Tudum
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A recent interview adds a reading lead Johansson named Daphne du Maurier short stories in her bag-essentials conversation. The collection remains unidentified; her balm answer carries founder context.
18 Aug 2026 Coveteur
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The Batman Part II moves to February 2028 Variety reports a February 18, 2028 release and confirms Johansson among the cast; her character has not been announced.
16 Jul 2026 Variety Australia
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Paper Tiger brings a Cannes reunion James Gray’s competition film reunited Johansson and Adam Driver after Marriage Story.
16 May 2026 Festival de Cannes
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Eleanor the Great receives a theatrical date Sony Pictures Classics announced September 26, 2025 for US and Canadian cinemas. Johansson directed and produced the June Squibb film.
17 Jul 2025 Sony Pictures Classics
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Johansson discusses becoming a feature director In a direct interview, she discussed developing Eleanor the Great with June Squibb at the centre of the project.
28 May 2025 The Irish Times
