Scarlett Johansson: Look Book
She's been a 'muse' for Woody Allen, labelled the new Monroe and has bagged one of the hottest leading men in Hollywood in husband Ryan Reynolds, not to mention the fact that during her short stint in the spotlight, Scarlett's undergone many a' transformation - from indie kid, to punk-rock newcomer to fully fledged Hollywood glamourpuss. We track her changing look...
Rex FeaturesBy Jessica David
1996: Cute! A teeny 12-year-old Scarlett makes her starring debut in SJP rom-com If Lucy Fell.
Rex Features1997:
Channeling retro – but not in the way we’ve come to expect – the teen comes over all old-school for her role in The Horse Whisperer, a drama directed by Robert Redford which gained Scarlett critical acclaim and became her breakthrough-to-the-big-time role.
PA Photos1998: Fresh-faced and pretty with girly braiding and peachy-pink lips for her first red carpet outing - the 14-year-old Scarlett looks surprisingly at ease in front of the world’s media as she makes her way to the UK premiere of The Horse Whisperer.
Rex Features1999:
Already hinting at the ‘glamourpuss’ to come, Scarlett works glossy hair and red lips at the Sliding Doors premiere in NYC.
PA Photos2001:
At the Teen People magazine’s What's Next in Talent event – how right they were! Scarlett by now had 11 movies under her belt and was becoming a bit of a red carpet regular, always looking every inch the budding starlet.
PA PhotosJanuary 2002:
Teaming classic Hollywood (glossy brunette locks and red lips) with ‘edgy teen’ (nose piercing and '80s eyeshadow) – Scarlett guarantees she gets noticed at the Orange County premiere in LA.
PA PhotosFebruary 2002:
Making her name known in fashion circles, 18-year-old Scarlett does the Cynthia Rowley show at New York fashion week (though she wasn’t front row just yet).
PA PhotosJune 2002:
Teen rebellion rears its head? Scarlett gets a bit more experimental with her look, swapping her nose stud for (shock, horror) a nose-ring and developing a penchant for plastic jewellery.
PA PhotosJuly 2002:
Scarlett discovers dye and flaunts sultry plum-coloured locks at the Eight-Legged Freaks LA premiere – that explains the spider accessory then!
PA PhotosMarch 2003:
What a transformation! Scarlett comes over all punk with this blonde, edgy shag and well-kohled eyes. This year marked her transition to adult roles in film, and she was soon to become the critics’ darling (not to mention Woody Allen’s latest muse and Hollywood’ hottest teen property) with her starring role in quirky indie flick, Lost In Translation.
PA PhotosJune 2003:
Flaunting a fresh, more demure look with a stylish, baby-blonde Eton crop and (fast becoming her signature) red pout at a Hollywood party.
PA PhotosAugust 2003:
Channelling Monroe (who she would find herself being compared to often in the future) in a white halter-neck dress for the Venice Film Festival Lost In Translation screening, teamed with her grown-out crop in this new strawberry-blonde hue, and nude-toned makeup.
PA PhotosOctober 2003:
Wowing at the premiere of The Girl With Pearl Earring – her second critically acclaimed movie of the year, cementing her position as New Hollywood’s hottest actress – with this futuristic-style, sculpted quiff and a slick of pastel green eyeshadow.
PA PhotosJanuary 2004:
Looking every inch the silver-screen goddess at the 2004 Golden Globes in LA. Scarlett, now sporting retro blonde curls, notched up her first Best Actress nomination AND caught the eye of sexy Sin City star, Josh Hartnett this month. Go, Scarlett.
PA PhotosFebruary 2004:
Bringing ‘buxom’ to the BAFTAs with a blonde, Monroe-esque bouffant, Scarlett teams fuchsia pink lips with understated eyes for her big moment (she was nominated in the Best Actress category twice for both The Girl With Pearl Earring and Lost In Translation, and won for her role in the latter.). We see what Scarlett was trying to do here – but due to the shiny skin and poorly-styled locks, we’re not sure it worked. What’s more, those dastardly roots are present!
PA PhotosFebruary 2004:
Now that’s more like it! A more polished, perfected Johansson amps up the glamour at the 2004 Oscars ceremony with retro-styled blonde curls and classic red lips. She may have walked away empty-handed, but she sure stole the show on the red carpet. Just gorgeous.
PA PhotosJune 2004:
Looking super-stylish at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards with a textured chignon and orange lips – could ScarJo BE any cooler?
PA PhotosJune 2004:
Giving red carpet glamour her own unique twist, Scarlett flaunted these catwalk-inspired crimped-curls and pillar-box red lips for a Radio City party in New York. If there’s one thing we like in an A-lister, it's courage to be that little bit different.
PA Photos1st September 2004:
Ensuring all eyes were on her at the Venice Film Festival with this edgy quiff – top marks for bringing an individual, unique twist to the classic smoky eye too; emerald green and petrol blue rocks!
PA Photos2nd September 2004:
Another day, another look for Miss Johansson, who worked ‘60s chic with a voluminous up-do and sex-kitten-eyes for the 2nd day of the Venice Film Festival - is there nothing she can’t do?
PA Photos3rd September 2004:
Day 3 - Looking show-stopping with androgynous hair and Madonna-esque make-up. FYI – white eyeliner, look into it.
PA Photos11th September 2004:
As the '04 Venice Film Festival draws to a close, Scarlett wows with yet another look: This time, soft curls and peaches-in-cream makeup shades guarantee her column inches.
PA PhotosOctober 2004:
Coming over all girlie with cutesy side knots and shimmering makeup at the LA premiere of dark, Southern drama A Love Song For Bobby Long; a role that earned Scarlett her third Golden Globe Best Actress nomination - and all this at just 19?
PA PhotosNovember 2004:
Just days before her 20th birthday, Scarlett revved up the glamour at the Sponge Bob, Square Pants Movie LA premiere (she voiced a role in the popular kiddie's flick) with this retro-inspired look. Even though we love ‘edgy Scarlett’, we can’t help but covet her look when she comes over all ‘Monroe’ like here.
PA PhotosJanuary 2005:
Pulling off ‘grown-up and glamorous’ with ease despite her young age, Scarlett works Ginger Rogers-style waves and abandons her usual red lippy for this shimmering plum on the 2005 Golden Globes red carpet.
PA PhotosFebruary 2005:
Amongst a sea of chignons and smoky eyes, Scarlett does something deliciously different for the Oscars and guarantees all eyes on her with this cutesy get-up; matte coral lips, shimmering pink eyeshadow and dolly curls decorated with ornate hair brooches.
PA PhotosJune 2005:
Flaunting her ‘retro glamour’ credentials again – this time at a party celebrating Hollywood’s power players under 30 – with this failsafe Scarlet formula: a classic up-do + heavy-lined eyes + red lips = the fast-track route to style success!
PA PhotosJuly 2005:
Looking all grown up with subtle, nude-hued makeup and sandy-blonde locks at the LA premiere of her latest flick, big budget sci-fi The Island.
PA PhotosJanuary 2006:
Perfectly polished and oozing star quality from every pore, Scarlett opted for natural hair and beauty (how delicious is her hair colour here?) to let her red-hot Valentino gown do the talking at the 2006 Golden Globes. Va-va voom!
Rex FeaturesMay 2006:
Wowing with new ‘look at me’ brunette locks and ‘80s-inspired eyes at the Costume Institute Gala in NYC.
PA PhotosJune 2006:
Er…yes - we guess she does! Scarlett proves that blondes DO have more fun with this gawdy, old-fashioned ‘do, bland make-up and, dare we say, too much fake tan. Well, it was bound to happen once, wasn’t it? Go back to blonde pronto, Scar – we urge you.
PA PhotosJuly 2006:
After just two months as a brunette, Scarlett lightened-up with a few blonde and honey-hued streaks – if ever there was a woman born to be blonde, it’s Scarlett! This plaited, ‘halo’ hairstyle was so hip in summer ’06, it hurt.
PA PhotosAugust 2006:
With summer lovin’ honey-hued locks and shimmering, sunkissed skin, Scarlett was all smiles at The Black Dahlia press conference in Venice – and why shouldn’t she be? She starred in the sexy film noir with beau of two years, Josh Hartnett. In fact, the couple reportedly moved into a $6million New York loft together this very month.
PA PhotosAugust 2006:
Scarlett sure revved up the glamour for The Black Dahlia Venice Film Festival premiere later that night. Veronica Lake-esque waves secured with a glittering, vintage-style butterfly pin, black-lined eyes and heavy lashes with the quintessential red lip; could this be our favourite Scarlett look ever?
PA PhotosJanuary 2007:
The way to secure headlines about something other than your relationship? Step out with a new ‘do, of course! After over two-and-a-half years together, Scarlett and Josh called it an amicable day on their romance, citing their busy schedules as the reason for the split – but Scarlett bounced back in a way only Scarlett could; wowing with a sexy, new, über-blonde look AND getting up close and personal with Justin Timberlake in his music video for What Goes Around, Comes Around. Jealous? Us? (Okay. Yes, we are.)
PA PhotosMarch 2007:
Pulling off platinum locks with bags of attitude, Scarlett works it front-row at the Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2007-2008 show in Paris – we just love her punky, too-cool-for-school quiff and frosted pink lippy. Despite the scowl, Scarlett had plenty to smile about again – she was reportedly dating Hollywood hottie Ryan Reynolds, he of heavenly bod.
PA PhotosMay 2008:
Looking every inch the princess at the Met Gala in New York, a beaming Scarlett combined sexily dishevelled , beachy waves with a vintage-style, bejewelled tiara and enviably buttery soft skin. And why the ear-to-ear smile, you might ask? Well, if gossip columns were to be believed, this was the month Ryan had popped the question, and Scarlett happily accepted. Bless!
PA PhotosNovember 2008:
What a transformation again! And not just in looks: The new MRS. REYNOLDS got the style columns’ tongues a’ wagging yet again with her newly-darkened locks, this time teamed with a floral gown and soft, pretty-in-pink makeup. Could Scarlett be the Hollywood Queen of reinvention?
PA PhotosDecember 2008:
With yet another new look – Scarlett is barely recognisable with red-tinted, poker-straight locks at new Frank Miller flick, The Spirit, photo call in Germany.
PA PhotosDecember 2008:
The fast-track route to glamour; Scarlett works an on-trend top-knot pony and pillar-box red lips at the Paris premiere of The Spirit.
PA PhotosMarch 2009:
The lady is a Vamp! Scarlett goes sexy and sultry with smouldering eyes, red lips and glossy, brunette waves at a London party. Wow.
PA PhotosSeptember 2009
What a difference thirteen years makes - especially if you’re Scarlett Johansson. The face of Dolce & Gabbana opted for über-desirable glossy waves in a new copper hue, and this almost neon lip at the D&G beauty launch in London’s Selfridges.
Today: Scarlett's back on the big screen this week in the hotly-anticipated Iron Man 2 – starring as Natalie Rushman, sultry assistant to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark...
...who also moonlights as Natasha Rushmore, an ass-kicking, catsuit-wearing member of super-team The Avengers. Go, Scarlett!
Iron Man 2 hits UK cinemas 30 April.
