Scarlett Johansson — Nominee for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Show:
A View From the Bridge

Role:
Catherine, the sheltered niece of roughneck Eddie Carbone, who longs for life (and romance) beyond her childhood in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Bio Brief:
A Broadway baby, Johansson is one of the hottest starlets in Tinsel Town after critically acclaimed turns in films like The Horse Whisperer, Lost in Translation, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Iron Man 2.

Other Honors for This Role:
—Broadway.com Audience Award nomination for Favorite Performance by a Featured Actress in a Broadway Play
—Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
—Drama League Nomination for Distinguished Performance
—Theatre World Award

Tony History:
This is Johansson’s first Tony Award nomination.

Fun Fact:
Not just an actress and cover girl, Johansson recorded an album of Tom Waits covers titled Anywhere I Lay My Head in 2008.

Quotable Quote:
“More than anything, I was nervous that if I was absolutely panned [in A View From the Bridge reviews], I wouldn’t have the opportunity to try the stage again and I would have hated that. I was also concerned that people weren’t going to be able to hear anything I was saying, but I learned that I have a little bit of a booming voice, so that quickly melted away that concern! Either your kind of presence translates to the stage or it doesn’t. It’s up to the theater gods, I guess.” —Johansson in an interview with Broadway.com, 2/1/10