Scarlett Johansson arrived on the scene in Hollywood more than 20 years ago, first as a child actress.
Scarlett Johansson is now the highest-grossing actress in Hollywood history, going by total box office earnings of every one of her movies.
Johansson emerged as a major actress, as well as sex symbol, about ten years later, with her Oscar-nominated turn in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation.
Then again, let it not be said that Scarlett Johansson isn’t a true movie star – and she’s pretty clearly enough of a draw to justify a standalone movie for The Black Widow.