According to USA Today, Johansson and singer/songwriter Pete Yorn will release a collaborative album, Break Up, on September 9, 2009; it is reportedly inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's duets with Brigitte Bardot.^{music justin timberlak goes around gratuit class="reference">[44]} The track "Relator" is currently streaming at www.thebreakupalbum.com.

In 2005, Johansson was considered for the role of Maria^[20] scarlette johnson nue in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End revival of The Sound of Music, though the role ultimately went to newcomer Connie Fisher after she won BBC's talent show "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?"^[21] Released on May 8, 2006, Johansson sang the track "Summertime" for Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars, a non-profit collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors. She performed with The Jesus And Mary Chain for a special Coachella Reunion Show in Indio, California in April 2007.^[22]

In 2007, she appeared as the leading lady in Justin Timberlake's music video for "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around," nominated in August 2007 for video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards.^[23] Scarlett Johansson nude oops The filming of the video took place in Los Angeles.^[24] The video sparked rumors of a romance between Johansson and Timberlake.^[25]

In 2009, Johansson covered Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" for the soundtrack scarlette johansson nue of He's Just Not That Into You.^[43]

In December 2008, MTV reported Johansson plans to follow-up Anywhere I Lay My Head with an album hilary duff oops of all original music, saying, “I don’t think I’d do covers, so it’d be a project that I have to dedicate myself to. I feel like that’s something for the future.”^[42]

In July 2005, Johansson starred with Ewan McGregor in Michael Bay's oops eva green The Island, making her debut as a female lead in a mainstream action film. In the same year, she starred in the Woody Allen-directed drama Match Point, which opened in December. Johansson received her fourth Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the role, but lost to Rachel Weisz.

In the summer of 2007, Johansson spent about a month in Maurice, Louisiana recording an album at Dockside Studio, a rural 12-acre (49,000 m²) complex. The album consists of one original song and ten cover versions of Tom Waits songs.^{SCARLETT JOHANSSON OOPS PICS class="reference">[8]}^[26] It was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and features David Bowie, members from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs^[27][28] and Celebration.^[29][30] The record, entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head was released on May 20, 2008, through Atco/Rhino Records.^[31][32] Reviews of the album were mixed to somewhat positive.^[33] Detractors compared her singing abilities to a sub-par Ann Wilson, and said that she failed to add a new dimension to the songs she chose to cover. Conversely, some critics found it to be "surprisingly alluring",^[34] "brave" in its selection,^[35] and even "brilliant".^[36] The album was named the "23rd best album of 2008" by NME.^[37] Of her album, Johansson said, “I had this golden opportunity to record and thought I would do maybe an album of standards, because I’m not a songwriter. I’m a vocalist.” ^[38] Johansson said for her recording she "wanted to have space and [she] wanted to be in a remote place where all of us could just be ourselves and not worry about anyone trying to listen in or get in on that." ^[39] Johansson said in an interview that she started listening to Tom Waits when she was 11 or 12. ^[40] Of Tom Waits, Johansson said in an interview, "his melodies are so beautiful, his voice is so distinct and I had my own way of doing Tom Waits songs." ^[41]

Johansson began acting during childhood, after her mother began taking her to auditions.^[4] She made her film debut in 1994's North. After appearing in several films during the late 1990s, including a very brief appearance in the Mandy Moore video for her single "Candy", Johansson catherine bell garnered praise and widespread attention for her performance in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and 2001's Ghost World.

Johansson does not discuss her personal life with the press, saying "it's nice to have everybody not know your business." This has not stopped Johansson from sharing "select" opinions and personal details.^[45] Johansson's ex-boyfriend (and member of the band Steel Train), Jack Antonoff, wrote lyrics that refer to Johansson in the song "Better Love."^[46] Antonoff celebrity nue nina friederike alludes to Johansson in the song "2 O'clock." She has been linked to many famous men, including Benicio del Toro,^[47] Jared Leto,^[48] Justin Timberlake^[49], and her Black Dahlia co-star Josh Hartnett, though Johansson denies she had a relationship with Del Toro.^[48] Johansson and Hartnett dated for about two years until the end of 2006, with Hartnett citing their busy lives as the reason for the split.^[50]

Johansson grew up in a painting in Photoshop household with "little money"^[4] with a mother who was a "film buff".^[8] Johansson began her theater training by attending and graduating from Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2002. She attended P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village for elementary school.