Born in the third Decan of Scorpio, right on the cusp of Sagittarius, Ms Scarlett is quite a handful. I’m sure the male population will agree. The Moon is a strong influence on the third Decan of Scorpio. Imagine the damage that could be done by the combination of heightened intuition with a fascination for the dark side bestowed by Pluto.
One feels a massive relief on behalf of the female population that Johansson is such a nice girl. As a love rival she would be lethal, nonetheless, and the Plutonic influence no doubt translates well to the bedroom. Spellbound, a guy would surely be. Scarlett is sweetness personified.
Gorgeous looking with curves in the right places, one could be a bit jealous; but then again there is something about her easy smile and relaxed manner that let’s her off the hook and puts the rest of the female population at ease. Johansson has not let fame go to her head, and does not have ideas above her station.
The Moon enhances Scarlet’s mystery and powers of seduction. Listen up guys; for she is guaranteed to be compelling and alluring, even first thing in the morning without a jot of makeup.
Truly magical, she has the ability to captivate anyone.
All things to all people, Scarlett is very feminine and powerful. Enticing in the extreme, she is also very domesticated. Whoever waltzes this gracious lady up the aisle is in for a treat, for her presence is simply enchanting. What is more, she does not commit lightly to anything, so her marriage will be for keeps. Her enchanting allure is transmitted simply with a gaze, touch or meaningful gesture.
If any person is capable of casting a spell it is she …
Biography
Birth Name: Scarlett I. Johansson
Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
Scarlett Johansson was born on 22 November 1984 in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from a Jewish family in the Bronx. Johansson’s parents met in Denmark, where her mother lived with Johansson’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy, a former bookkeeper and schoolteacher. Johansson has an older sister, Vanessa, who is also an actress; an older brother, Adrian; a twin brother born three minutes after her, Hunter, also an actor; and a half-brother, Christian, from her father’s re-marriage.
Johansson grew up in a household with “little money” with a mother who was a “film buff”. Scarlett showed a passion for acting at a young age and starred in many plays. Johansson began her theater training by attending and graduating from Professional Children’s School in Manhattan in 2002.
Acting
She began her acting career in 1994 starring as “Laura Nelson” in North (1994).
In 1998, Scarlett Johansson’s career reached new heights. Cast as Grace MacLean, a young girl who suffers a tragic equestrian accident in The Horse Whisperer, Scarlett was generally acknowledged as the most promising part of an otherwise unenthusiastically-received film. The 13-year-old actress picked up a Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Award for her work. Ironically, Scarlett was given an “introducing…” credit in The Horse Whisperer, even though she already had a half-dozen movies under her belt by then.
Following the film’s success, she starred in many other films including the critically acclaimed cult film Ghost World (2001) and then the hit Lost in Translation (2003) with Bill Murray in which she again stunned critics. Later on, she appeared in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003).
In 2003, she was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for drama (Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)) and one for comedy (Lost in Translation (2003)). She dropped out of Mission: Impossible III (2006) due to scheduling conflicts. Her next film role was in The Island (2005) alongside Ewan McGregor which earned weak reviews from U.S. critics.
After this, she appeared in Woody Allen’s Match Point (2005) and was nominated again for a Golden Globe.
Music
In 2005, Johansson was considered for the role of Maria in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End stage version of The Sound of Music, though the role ultimately went to newcomer Connie Fisher after she won BBC’s talent show “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?” Released May 8, 2006, Johansson sang the track “Summertime” for Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars, a non-profit collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors. She also performed with The Jesus And Mary Chain for a special Coachella Reunion Show in Indio, California in April 2007.
In the summer of 2007, Johansson spent about a month in Maurice, Louisiana recording an album at Dockside Studio, a rural 12-acre complex. The album, entitled Scarlett Sings Tom Waits, consists entirely of Johansson’s cover versions of Tom Waits songs. It is being produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and features members from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration.
In 2006, Johansson was the leading lady in Bob Dylan’s music video for “When the Deal Goes Down”. In 2007, she appeared as the leading lady in Justin Timberlake’s music video for “What Goes Around…/…Comes Around”, nominated in August 2007 for video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Personal life
Johansson is a Democrat and campaigned for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. She was quoted as saying, of George W. Bush’s re-election, that “[she was] disappointed. I think it was a disappointment for a large percentage of the population.” Johansson has also taken part in the anti-poverty campaign ONE which was organised by U2 lead singer Bono.
Johansson says she has a connection to older men, and could not date anyone under the age of 30. She does not discuss her personal life with the press, saying “it’s nice to have everybody not know your business.” This has not stopped Johansson from sharing “select” opinions and personal details. Johansson’s ex-boyfriend (and member of the band Steel Train), Jack Antonoff, wrote lyrics that refer to Johansson in the song “Better Love.” Antonoff alludes to Johansson in the song “2 O’clock.” She has been linked to many famous men, including Derek Jeter, Benicio del Toro, Jared Leto, Justin Timberlake and her Black Dahlia co-star Josh Hartnett. They dated for about two years until the end of 2006, with Hartnett citing their busy lives as the reason for the split. She is currently dating Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds.
Johansson says she does not believe in monogamy, and opined it is not human nature to be with just one person. She also said “contrary to popular belief… [she is] not promiscuous” and she works “really hard” when she is in a relationship “to make it work in a monogamous way.” She gets tested for HIV twice a year, and has said “it’s part of being a decent human” and it is “disgusting” and “irresponsible” when people do not do so.
Johansson is a cheese fanatic, saying: “My greatest vice is cheese. Nothing else reigns over my life.” She has criticized the media and Hollywood for promoting an image that causes unhealthy diets and eating disorders among women, saying “that being ultra-thin is not sexy at all. Women shouldn’t be forced to conform to unrealistic and unhealthy body images that the media promote.”
Johansson appeared on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of Vanity Fair in the nude with Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley and world-renowned fashion designer Tom Ford.
In March 2006, she topped the U.S. edition of FHM’s poll of the sexiest women alive (in the UK edition Johansson was third). In 2007, Maxim named Johansson #3 in their Hot 100 issue. In November 2006, Johansson was named “Sexiest Woman Alive” by Esquire. In February 2007, she was named the “Sexiest Celebrity” of the year by Playboy.
About her religious affiliation, Johansson says: “That’s a very personal question. I would rather not answer.” She celebrates a “little of both” referring to Christmas and Hanukkah. She dislikes when celebrities thank God or Jesus in their award acceptance speeches. She described herself as Jewish when she was talking about Woody Allen. “I just adore Woody,” she says. “We have a lot in common. We’re New Yorkers, Jewish. We have a very easygoing relationship”.
Personal Quotes
“I’m so tired of hearing casting directors ask if I have a sore throat. The people who have told me that my voice is distinctive, it’s unusual…those people have always been close to my heart.”
“It would be hellish to have the pressure of putting on a Hollywood ending or putting in a scene where Vermeer sees Griet washing her breasts” - commenting on why she was glad that Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) was a small foreign production.
“I always check in the mirror to make sure nothing is see-through.”
I have a lot of actor friends who worked with their parents closely and have had really horrible experiences. They end up suing or being emancipated. The wonderful thing about my mom [who is also her manager] is that she completely respects my creative weirdness and supports any decision I make.
As long as people keep buying tabloids, they’ll keep harassing people in the public eye. They’ll make up stories.
On David Hasselhoff, after they had both worked on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004): “I so fancied him when I was young, that to see my name on the credits next to his makes me go all girly. He was a hunk back in those days.”
“I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that’s the secret to my success.”
“It’s a great thing to get older and learn. I don’t feel bound in any way by how many years I’ve lived. I identify just as much with my 86-year-old grandmother as I do with my sister.”
“People forget what it’s like to be a child. When you’re a child actress, people sometimes regress into being obnoxious and patronizing. But there’s no reason to dumb things down just because you’re working with kids.”
“What I respect most in people is naturalness and authenticity. I like to be able to see into their soul. I aspire to being a truthful person.”
“The most precious moment in life is when you’re about to fall in love. You’re lying in bed together and he’s gazing at you and you’re gazing at him and there’s a sense that something truly wondrous is about to happen. It’s a nervous moment - but it’s exhilarating.”
“I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.”
“I don’t talk about my personal relationships, it always ends up kicking you in the face. But I’ve read a lot of things about myself and think, `Wow! That girl sounds really saucy.’”
“I think that I sort of see other actresses are kind of proud of the way they look and show it off. That’s never really been my style. I really don’t think that it’s disgusting or wrong, if you’re 18 you’re 18, it’s your body, it’s your right to show yourself, however, I don’t really take a part in that. I like to look nice, but I think that there’s ways of doing it that are more tasteful than just wearing a bikini wherever you go.”
“I don’t know if I’ve got swept up. It’s so shocking when you hear that Calvin Klein wants you for their new campaign. You’re like, ‘who me?’. I guess you have to decide where you draw the line between you saying, this is fun, pretty and fabulous, and being over-exposed.”
“Well, you put a little piece of yourself into every character that you do. Even if you’re playing some psychotic person, which of course I’m not, some part of you is in that character and it’s hopefully believable. I always come back to the fact that my own instinct is better than something I build in my mind.”
“Tons of that stuff comes to me, but a lot of it is awful. All these teenage slaying movies, and movies about girls that have deformities that become cheerleaders and then marry the prom king!”
“I always had the chance to do whatever I wanted to do, my parents were very open about that. Acting has been a passion of mine. I wanted to be in musicals as a kid, and took tap dance, so for me it’s a dream come true, my childhood was filled with things that I loved to do, and also very normal things: I lived in New York, I have a family life and went to a regular school. If anything, I look back and think, ‘Wow, I did a lot of things that a lot of people don’t get to do in their lifetime’.”
“It’s a place of solace. I love London, it’s an amazing city. I’ve met some wonderful people there and I also have some family there. I’m from New York, so I feel very at home in London. It’s like a metropolitan breeding ground for culture, art, music and diversity. It’s a beautiful city, with beautiful history. In Hollywood, it’s hard to step outside of the circle once you’re in it. But in London I was really moved by how accepted I felt there. There was definitely less need to wear my big sunglasses!”
“I came home and I thought I was going to die. I was in agony. I had muscles that had atrophied. I couldn’t run any longer and it was only the first day. But, actually, Ewan was in the same boat. He had black and blue marks all over him. So, it wasn’t so bad since someone else was in agony.” [On filming The Island (2005)]
“I don’t think there’s any kind of preparation for sudden celebrity. I think you almost have this slight nervous breakdown when that kind of media attention happens. I mean, you’re doing the same kind of thing that you do all the time, only you have to make these weird adjustments. Like, you’re buying a slice of pizza and somebody’s outside photographing you which is weird - that’s not normal! It’s very uncomfortable.”
“Everyone in Hollywood is so damn skinny and you constantly feel like you’re not skinny enough. But I have ‘fat days’ and I accept that I’m never going to be rail thin. It’s hard not to feel pressure in this industry and I already use anti-aging products on my skin. I try not to let the pressure get to me but Los Angeles is a very hard place to be unless you have people here that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don’t take care of yourself.”
“I was driving through Los Angeles and I look up and see the biggest photo of me I have ever seen in my life on a massive ad space. I screamed and slammed on the brakes. I couldn’t believe it. It’s very strange to see my cleavage the size of a brontosaurus. My breasts were huge. I had long hair and my goodness, I couldn’t get past the cleavage.”
“I don’t think human beings are monogamous by nature. It’s difficult - you have to put a lot of effort into a relationship. I think it’s hard for actors to date each other because they are so damn moody. You are away from people constantly and having a relationship that is strictly by phone, it is miserable. Or if you say to him/her, ‘Hey, (even though) I am doing a very sexy scene with this very sexy girl/boy, I love you and I’m going to be thinking of you when I am rolling around in bed with this person!’”
“We are supposed to be liberated in America but if our President had his way, we wouldn’t be educated about sex at all. Every woman would have six children and we wouldn’t be able to have abortions.”
“Whose life would I like to step into for the day? The president’s. I could probably get some things done in the Oval Office.”
“Do I ever get nervous about this, right now, being the pinnacle of my career? Yeah, I do. At the end of (filming) every movie I think, ‘Wow - this is the last one! Nice working with you.”‘
“I’m curvy - I’m never going to be 5′ 11′ and 120 pounds. But I feel lucky to have what I’ve got.”
[On Woody Allen] I just adore Woody. We have a lot in common. We’re New Yorkers, Jewish. We have a very easygoing relationship.
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