Her father is a Danish architect, and her mother, who was also her former manager, is from a Jewish family.

Johansson makes her acting debut in "North," a comedy-drama.

In the movie "Manny & Lo," Johansson gets her first lead role as the youngest sister.

For both "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "Lost in Translation," Johansson is up for a Golden Globe.

After her mother started taking her to auditions, Johansson started acting at a young age.

When she was eight years old, she made her acting debut in the off-Broadway production of "Sophistry" at New York's Playwrights Horizons.

Johansson was cast as Black Widow in the critically acclaimed superhero film "Iron Man 2" in 2010.

Over the next few years, she would reprise the role in a number of other Marvel Cinematic Universe (M.C.U.) films, including "Captain America: Civil War." The Winter Soldier" and its sequel, "Avengers: Infinity War," Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Infinity War, as well as Endgame.

She has the talent to land some of Hollywood's most prominent roles, but when she applied to New York University in 2003, she was not selected.