Hollywood's Hottest: Scarlett Johansson turns 28

In Iron Man 2 (2010) and The Avengers (2012), Scarlett plays superspy Natasha Romanoff or the Black Widow.

Updated on: Nov 26, 2012 2:58 PM IST

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In Iron Man 2 (2010) and The Avengers (2012), Scarlett plays superspy Natasha Romanoff or the Black Widow.

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In Hitchcock (2012), Scarlett plays the ace filmmaker's well-known muse Janet Leigh, who had shot to fame courtesy his film Psycho.

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In Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Scarlett plays the very young and saucy Cristina who is enamored with a painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his ex-wife (Penelop Cruz), with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture. This was one of her most talked-about roles in a Woody Allen film.

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In The Prestige (2006) , Scarlett plays the beautiful Olivia Wenscombe, assistant to magician Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman)

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Scarlett starred also starred in the infamous Elizabeth Short-inspired murder story Black Dahlia (2006).

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Scarlett stars an American journalism student in Scoop (2006), who begins an affair with an aristocrat (Hugh Jackman) as the incident unfurls.

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In Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), Scarlett plays a femme-fatal type who happens to be dating the protagonist's friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.

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In A Love Song for Bobby Long (2003), Scarlett plays a headstrong young woman who returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

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In the screen adaptation of Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Scarlett plays a young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

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Lost in Translation (2003) is about a fading movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected young wife (Scarlett Johansson), who meet as strangers in Tokyo and form an unlikely bond.

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In Horse Whisperer (1998), young Scarlett Johansson plays a severely traumatised girl who's really close to her injured horse.

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She can play an innocent young girl, she can play a femme fatale and she can certainly kick some ass. On Scarlett Johansson's 28th birthday, we pay a tribute to some of her best film roles so far.