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"You don't become an actress," the blond beauty has been quoted as saying. "You are an actress."

And Scarlett Johannson should know, having begun her acting career at age 8.

Born in New York City on November 22nd, 1984, Scarlett Johansson (sometimes erroneously credited as Scarlett Johansen or Scarlett Johanssen) attended classes in her hometown at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute for Young People.

Thereafter, she made her stage debut in 1992 in an off-Broadway production of Sophistry, alongside a young Ethan Hawke.

Two years later, Johansson was starring in her first film role in North, starring Elijah Wood, and with several more minor film appearances to her credit finally made her breakout performance at age 13 in Horse Whisperer alongside acting veteran Robert Redford. Although the film generally received lackluster reviews, it was the young Scarlett Johansson's gifted performance that everyone was talking about.

Her film career stalled out for several years more years - with appearances in such unremarkable films as My Brother the Pig in 1999 - but she would gain a formidable teen following as Rebecca in Ghost World in 2000. In 2001, she turned her talents to a more serious role playing a young refugee fleeing communist Hungary in An American Rhapsody.

Adult Roles

2003 resulted in a watershed year for Johansson, who made her mark in Hollywood as a serious adult actress with two critically acclaimed performances - in Lost in Translation opposite Bill Murray, and in the title role of Girl with a Pearl Earring, for which she received a pair of Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.

Johansson again received a nod for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes in 2006, for her role opposite Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Woody Allen's Match Point. She next appeared in yet another Woody Allen film, Scoop alongside Hugh Jackman.

Offscreen, Johansson has been romantically linked to actor Jared Leto and co-star Josh Hartnett.with whom she appeared in The Black Dahlia by director Brian De Palma.

Despite her growing recognition as a serious Hollywood actress, the sexy star's most head-turning performance to date has been a nude appearance in a Vanity Fair photo shoot which hit newstands February 2006.

Shortly thereafter, Johansson was also named the world's sexiest woman in a poll by FHM Magazine, and won a similar honor from Esquire magazine as 'the sexiest woman alive' in their November 2006 issue.

In 2008, Scarlett Johansson co-starred with Natalie Portman in the costume drama The Other Boleyn Girl.

Wedding Plans

Off the set, the actress made news headlines in May when it was announced that she and actor boyfriend Ryan Reynolds were engaged, although no further details on a wedding date have been announced. The couple had been reportedly dating for a year before the big question was asked by Reynolds who coincidentally stars with actress Sandra Bullock in the Disney comedy The Proposal set for release in 2009.

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