SCARLETT JOHANSSON
AGE 24
BROKE OUT IN... Lost in Translation as Charlotte, a lonely newlywed drifting through her quarter-life crisis in Tokyo.
WHY HER Her classically elegant beauty combined with her no-way-she's-how-old? sophisticated demeanor allows the New Yorker to blend in to everything from period pieces to modern-day romantic comedies. Plus, we already know Woody Allen adores her.
WHAT'S NEXT She'll follow up The Other Boleyn Girl with August's He's Just Not That Into You (yup, based on the book) co-starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck. In 2009, she'll appear opposite Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona and in The Spirit, based on the classic Will Eisner comic.
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