Scarlett Johansson, an actress from the United States, is considered to be among the most talented performers in Hollywood.
She remained at the top of the list of highest-paid actresses for two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Johansson has received a great deal of praise for her performance, including multiple nominations for various awards, including two for the Academy Awards.
She has starred in a plethora of critically acclaimed films throughout her career as an actress, which she has known since she was a young girl.
She became well-known for her role as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise.
In the beginning, Johansson had a hard time finding work and she was turned down for multiple roles.
Since then, she has established herself as a leading actress in Hollywood. The following is the path that Scarlett Johansson took in order to become Hollywood’s highest-paid actress.
Coming of Age under the Bright Lights of Hollywood
Scarlett Johansson, just like a great number of other famous actors, first became interested in acting when she was a child.
By the age of seven, she was already auditioning for commercials.
Soon after that, she enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York and continued her education there until she was old enough to attend the Professional Children’s School.
At the age of eight, Johansson appeared in the Off-Broadway play Sophistry alongside Ethan Hawke.
The following year, at the age of nine, she made her debut in the motion picture North, which was directed by Rob Reiner (1994).
Her breakthrough performance was in the coming-of-age film Manny & Lo (1996), in which she played an orphaned sister.
The film is about two sisters who go on an adventure.
After that, she became well-known for her parts as a sarcastic juvenile outcast named Rebecca in the film Ghost World (2000) and as a child who has endured an accident that has left her disfigured in the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).
She was the emerging star of the picture, and she won the hearts of many people who saw it, including the lead actor and the director of the film.
Redford was so taken aback by Johansson that he said that she had the maturity of a woman three decades her senior.
Although Ghost World was only a middling hit at the box office, the supporting role that the actress played in 2001 garnered praise from critics.
She is also making a name for herself in Hollywood while performing on Broadway.
Johansson, who had graduated from Professional Children’s School (P.C.S.) in 2002, shot to popularity as a promising new talent in the film industry almost immediately after her graduation.
2003 was a banner year for her, as she received praise for her performances in two main roles.
Her first job was in the movie “Lost in Translation,” in which she played the part of a woman who was travelling to Tokyo and ended up developing an unexpected bond with a much older man.
Another one of Johansson’s outstanding performances was shown in the movie Girl with a Pearl Earring, in which she played the maid who was immortalised in oil by Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of all time (Colin Firth).
Johansson went on to play a variety of characters after her early successes gave her the confidence to do so.
After working with filmmaker Brian De Palma on the murder drama The Black Dahlia in 2006, she next tried her hand at comedy in the film The Nanny Diaries, which was released in 2007.
Johansson has collaborated with director Woody Allen on several occasions, and she acted in the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Allen directed, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, in 2008.
In 2007, Johansson and Pete Yorn collaborated on the recording of an album together. Johansson contributed six songs to the album that the couple collaborated on together and released in 2009 under the title Break Up.
Johansson’s first studio album, titled Anywhere I Lay My Head and released in 2008, featured several cover versions of songs originally performed by Tom Waits.
After a short period of time, Johansson moved on to bigger and better career challenges. She made her debut on Broadway in 2009, starring opposite Liev Schrieber in a revival of Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge.
The play was directed by Tony Kushner. Johansson’s performance as Catherine, a disturbed adolescent who is being raised by her aunt and uncle, was met with widespread acclaim and earned her high accolades.
The performance that Johansson gave in the play earned her a Tony Award nomination.
Her participation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the recognition she has received for her acting,
Johansson made her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in the film Iron Man 2 (2010), in which she plays the role of Black Widow.
This was her first appearance in the MCU. She underwent both stunt and physical training in order to get herself ready for the role, and she dyed her hair red in order to demonstrate to Favreau that she was a good fit for the character.
Johansson claimed that she could identify with the superheroine and adored the aspects that made her relatable.
The film earned $623,9 million against a budget of $200 million and was hailed as a success by audiences as well as critics, however some reviewers had a problem with the way that she presented her role in the film.
Johansson called a Russian language instructor who had previously worked with her to improve her command of the language before filming The Avengers (2012), in which she plays the role of Black Widow.
After receiving positive reviews from both film critics and moviegoers, the movie went on to become the third highest-grossing film in the United States as well as the third highest-grossing film worldwide.
Due to the quality of her performance, she was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards as well as three People’s Choice Awards.
Later on that same year, Johansson portrayed actress Janet Leigh in the drama Hitchcock, which was directed by Sacha Gervasi and focused on the production of Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, which was released in 1960.
Johansson has continued to build her career within the Marvel Cinematic Universe by making another appearance as Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
In the movie, she works along with Chris Evans’ version of Captain America and Anthony Mackie’s version of Falcon to foil a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. and fight the mysterious Winter Soldier.
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The two performers were responsible for writing the dialogue for the different scenarios in which Johansson and Evans found themselves.
Johansson was drawn to the way in which her character performed her duties, which involved making use of her feminine wiles rather than her physical attractiveness.
The film was well praised by critics and grossed a lot of money at the box office, bringing in a total of over 714 million dollars around the world.
Due to her performance in the role, she was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress.
After then, she became a leading actress in a number of films, such as Ghost in the Shell, Rough Night, Chef, and Hail, Caesar! She played an important part in Avengers: Endgame, which broke numerous box office records in 2019 and was a huge commercial success.
In the same year that she acted in Marriage Story on Netflix, she was also nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Actress.
She received her second nomination for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress, this time for her work in the film Jojo Rabbit.
