Scarlett Johansson is an American actress who has appeared in films, television series, video games and stage plays. Johansson made her debut in the 1994 comedy-drama "North". Her first lead role was as the 11-year-old sister of a pregnant teenager in "Manny &amp; Lo" (1996), for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Johansson starred in Robert Redford's drama "The Horse Whisperer" (1998), and appeared with Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi in the black comedy "Ghost World" (2001). Two years later, Johansson played a woman in her 20s stuck in a listless marriage who befriends an aging American actor (Bill Murray) in Japan in the Sofia Coppola-directed "Lost in Translation", and also played a servant in Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's household in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" with Colin Firth. She was nominated at the 61st Golden Globe Awards for both films, and received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the former.