Scarlett Johansson was born in Manhattan, New York. His father is Danish builder Karlsten Johansson, and his mother, of Polish descent, called Melanie. He has four brothers, one girl and three boys, one of them named Hunter, is his twin.
From childhood he was prepared to be an actress studying at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan and at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
His theatrical alongside Ethan Hawke in the off-Broadway play "Sophistry" got Hollywood executives are set in his skills as a performer, debuting briefly in "A Boy Named North" (1994), Rob Reiner film starring Elijah Wood .