Trivia

She was cast as Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2 (2010) after Emily Blunt dropped out due to other commitments.

Auditioned for the role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). However, she did not get the role because she was considered too attractive for this. Rooney Mara was cast instead.

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

Suffers from a morbid fear of birds (ornithophobia) and cockroaches (katsaridaphobia).

Highest-grossing actress of all time and 10th highest grossing actor of all time, bringing in $3.327 billion to the box office. In 2016 alone, she added $1.2 billion to that record which can possibly move her up to the top three highest grossing actors of all time. She was the highest grossing actor of the year.

Very close friends with her co-star, Chris Evans, with whom she has appeared in nine films: The Perfect Score (2004), The Nanny Diaries (2007), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Had to have several stunt doubles whilst filming Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) due to her pregnancy.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6931 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 2, 2012. At the ceremony were her mother Melanie Sloan, grandmother, sister Vanessa Johansson and her The Avengers (2012) co-star Jeremy Renner.

Applied to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for the fall 2003 semester, but was not accepted. The rejection allowed her to focus on her career, which blossomed soon after.

(December 14, 2010) Her husband Ryan Reynolds filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

In 2010, she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play after making her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge".

She was considered for the role of Susan Storm/Invisible Girl in Fantastic Four (2005), which went to Jessica Alba.

Has another sister named Fenan. She was adopted by Johansson's mother Melanie Sloan from Ethiopia in May 2010.

She learned on the program Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) that her maternal great-grandfather's brother, Mosze Szlamberg, was killed in the Holocaust in Poland, along with at least two of his children, Zlata and Mandlit.

Her great-uncle, 1st Lt Philip Schlamberg, US Army Air Force, was a P-51 Mustang pilot with the 15th Fighter Group at Iwo Jima in World War II and died over Japan on August 14, 1945, the day the Japanese surrendered.

Italian artist Francesco Clemente included a portrait of Scarlett in his deck of 78 custom-painted tarot cards, with her portrayed as the Queen of Swords.

She was considered for the role of Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity (2013), but Sandra Bullock was cast instead.

Replaced Brazilian Gisele Bündchen as the face of "Dolce & Gabbana" perfumes. (2009)

In 2006, she was earning $2 million per year representing L'Oreal cosmetics.

Named "Hollywood's Most Natural Beauty" by a survey of make-up artists. (2006)

The Looney Tunes Show (2011) created a character called Starlet Johansson in Casa de Calma (2011) who resembles her.

She auditioned for the roles of Judy Shepherd in Jumanji (1995) and Claire Colburn in Elizabethtown (2005). Both roles went to Kirsten Dunst instead.

Dislikes the nickname, ScarJo that is commonly used by the media in reference to her.

Auditioned for a role in The Parent Trap (1998), which finally went to Lindsay Lohan.

Her older sister Vanessa Johansson is also an actress.

She was offered the role of Evey in V for Vendetta (2005), which went to Natalie Portman.

Scarlett's mother, Melanie Sloan, who is from the Bronx, is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland, Belarus and Russia). Scarlett's father, Karsten Johansson, is Danish (his own paternal grandfather was Swedish, while his other family is Danish).

Scarlett is the 12th person to be nominated for two Oscars in the acting category the same year, none of them won both, seven of them won at least one and five of them lost both. All five who lost are actresses. Scarlett is one of the five.

Received an "introducing" credit for The Horse Whisperer (1998) although this was her seventh feature film.

Has appeared on screen with Chris Evans more than any other leading man thus far.

Ex-girlfriend of Jared Leto (2004-2005).

Is an avid beekeeper.

In 2006, she signed an endorsement deal with cosmetics brand L'Oreal for $4,000,000.

In 2008, a UK-based bidder paid £20,000 British pounds on an eBay auction to benefit Oxfam, winning a pair of tickets to accompany Johansson on a 20-minute date to the world premiere of the film He's Just Not That Into You (2009).

First role (uncredited) was in a skit, during the first year of Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993), at age 8. She relived this moment during an interview with Conan on July 12, 2005, twelve years later. Also in the skit was 11-year-old Melissa Claire Egan.

She appeared with Samuel L. Jackson in eight films: The Spirit (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

She recorded the single "Before My Time" to the documentary film Chasing Ice (2012) and the song was eventually nominated for Best Original Song at The Oscars (2013). Subsequently, she was approached to perform the song at the show, but was prevented to do so, due to her commitments with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway.

She was offered the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns (2006), which went to Kate Bosworth.

Her ex-husband, Ryan Reynolds was named as the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine (2010) during the same time that Johansson was named as "Babe of the Year" by GQ magazine.

Prepared for her role in Lost in Translation (2003) by living on Hokkaido with then-boyfriend Faiz Ahmad.

(September 27, 2008) Married her fiancé of four months, Ryan Reynolds at Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Is an alumna of the Lee Strasberg Institute such as actors Frank Miranda, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Hopper, Julia Roberts.

Lives in ultra trendy Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz. Giovanni Ribisi, Bo Barrett, Brad Pitt, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Stuart, Michael Cera and Robert Pattinson are among the other actors who also call Los Feliz home.

Raised money for international relief organization Oxfam by auctioning off two tickets for He's Just Not That Into You (2009) on eBay, giving the winning bidders the opportunity to mingle with her. By January 2014, she has severed her connection with Oxfam. (March 2008)

Celebrated her 20th birthday at Disneyland on November 22, 2004.

Chosen by FHM readers as "Sexiest Woman Alive" in the 2006 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Also ranked #1 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Is the first woman to play Kaa the python, in The Jungle Book (2016).

She was offered the role of Lindsey Farris in Mission: Impossible III (2006), which went to Keri Russell.

In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $5 million.

Featured in "The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer", a 312-page coffee-table book by photographer Darren Tieste. The book features photos of celebrities, musicians and models who donated their time to bring attention to brain cancer. Scarlett Johansson was also chosen to be on the cover of the book (2011).